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Heal trade union rift, urges PM

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is calling for unity among the country’s trade unions, emphasising the importance of a strong labour movement. Speaking during the inaugural Patrick Frost Memorial Lecture...

Weir described as a godsend

Family, friends and former colleagues gathered yesterday to give thanks for the life of Shelley Elizabeth Weir, MBE,...

Push to modernise transport

Government is getting some expert assistance to help it modernise and transform the public transport sector. This includes a...

Overturned truck causes traffic back-up

An overturned truck near the Norman Niles Roundabout has caused a back up of traffic.  Police are on the...

Ministry monitoring breakfast numbers

Two weeks into the new National Breakfast Programme, Government says the initiative is operating without significant delivery problems...

Bail for cop on joint rape charge

Constable Edmond Winfield Barrow, 58, has been released on $25 000 bail and among his conditions on a joint rape charge is that he...

Man armed with a knife at the Airport taken into custody

A man who “brandished a knife” at the Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. (GAIA) was taken into police custody earlier today. A statement from the...

Airport chief tells of disruptions

More than 400 passengers travelling between Barbados and the United Kingdom (UK) have been displaced after a massive power outage caused by a fire...

Afrexim to get five acres free of cost

African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) will be getting the lands at Jemmott’s Lane, St Michael, the site of the old General Hospital, for the...

Harvard offers free tuition to families earning less than $200,000

Harvard University has announced that it is making tuition free for families who earn less than $200,000 (£154,000) a year. For families earning less than...

Time to step up, says CDB president

The time for incremental change is over given the rapid changes taking place in the world, says newly appointed president of the Caribbean Development...