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BARP reports major surplus

When members of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) meet on July 23 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC) for their annual general meeting, they will do...

BiMPay worked ‘99.8% of time’

BiMPay was not introduced before it was ready. Central Bank Governor Dr The Most Honourable Kevin Greenidge made that...

‘I was on cocaine and wanted something to eat’

The pre-sentencing report is still outstanding and, as a result, Robert Ricardo Neblett had his matter adjourned when...

Update: Bank Hall man identified as latest shooting victim

Twenty-one-year-old Cammeron Ifill of Pasture Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, has been identified as the victim of a...

Disabled jobless rate ‘a crisis’

The high unemployment rate among people with disabilities is not just a social issue but a national development...

Sonia Boyce sworn in as Barbados’ first female Commissioner of Police

Sonia Boyce was sworn in today as Commissioner of Police, becoming the first woman to hold the post in Barbados. The swearing-in ceremony took place...

Parents upset over cancelled meetings

Parents are questioning the Ministry of Education Transformation after two highly-anticipated town hall meetings were abruptly cancelled just days before they were due to...

Pine Boulevard renamed in honour of late CTO

The Pine East-West Boulevard in The Pine, St Michael, has been renamed the Philip Tudor Boulevard in tribute to the late Chief Technical Officer...

Suspect succumbs to injuries

Police confirmed the man detained after an alleged robbery attempt at Clevedale Road, Black Rock, St Michael, died today at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The...

Drug trial of two Colombians adjourned until next week

The drug matters involving Jhonny Hernan Garcia Pacheco were adjourned until next week when he appeared in the No. 5 Supreme Court yesterday. His co-accused...

Government probing living state of migrants

A high-level government team led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley descended on a construction site yesterday, discovering 68 migrant workers living in deplorable,...