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Traffic Management: Foreday Morning Jam

Several traffic changes will take effect in and around The City as theNational Cultural Foundation stages the annual “Foreday Morning Jam” from 1 a.m....

Shaquille is still People’s Monarch

Shaquille GFG successfully defended his title in the Starcom Network Flow People’s Monarch. The results were announced moments ago, with Shaquille earning 56 per...

Remanded on gun and ammo charges

A Christ Church man is scheduled to reappear in court on August 27, charged with possession of a firearm and ten rounds of ammunition. Dwayne...

MISSING: Shem Tomas William Clarke

Shem Tomas William Clarke has been reported missing. Police say the 24-year-old of 4th Avenue, Belair Terrace, St Philip was last seen on Tuesday, July...
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CG ups support for blood collection

Almost two months after launching its Fuelling Hope Blood Drive, CG United has expanded its support for the National Blood Collecting Centre, reinforcing efforts...

Man was ’keeping firearm for old lady’

He was doing an old lady a favour by keeping her gun and he forgot he had it in his safe. This was the explanation...

Bill puts light on business owners

Government is seeking to tighten oversight of companies operating in Barbados through new legislation designed to expose the real owners behind businesses, strengthen corporate...

UEFA will boycott FIFA competitions if World Cup sold off

European football’s (UEFA) 55 member associations have voted to boycott World Cups if the sport’s governing body proceeds with a plan to sell stakes...

Economic growth slows for Barbados

Barbados’ economy has now expanded for 21 consecutive quarters. However, with international uncertainty – especially the war in the Middle East taking a toll –...

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Centenarian’s life ‘a blessing’

It is not usual to find a centenarian still be married, but Esther Lilian Wickham certainly is. At their Cadogan Road, Grazettes, St Michael home...
 

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Government taking look at micro plastics

Barbados is on a mission to save lives by tackling the problem of micro plastics. Minister of the Environment Adrian Forde, speaking yesterday in his...

‘Sorry I took his life’

Self-confessed murderer Dave Fedel Aristide James yesterday apologised to the family of popular fish vendor Stephen “Molly” Small, saying he hoped they would forgive...

Simmons among record-breakers

CARIFTA Games’ gold medallist Ashlyn Simmons continued her exceptional form and was among the record-breakers on the second and final day of the 2023...

Three COVID deaths and 434 new cases

Barbados recorded a jump in COVID-19 cases from May 27 to June 9. According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health, there were...

MISSING: Aaleyah Massiah-Cox

Police are seeking the Public’s assistance in locating missing woman Aaleyah Massiah-Cox, 22 years, of #80 Tent Bay, St Joseph. Massiah-Cox is about 5 feet...

Yearwood: A tax to vote

Democratic Labour Party president Dr Ronnie Yearwood says the current administration has effectively introduced a tax in order to vote. On Sunday night during the...

Djokovic: I don’t want to say I am the greatest

Novak Djokovic says it is not down to him to decide if he is the greatest player of all time after he won a...

Meta plans to create rival for Twitter

Meta has shown staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter, sources have told the BBC. It could allow users to...

Commonwealth Secretary General to speak at workshop

Port of Spain, Trinidad – Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, will be the featured speaker at a three-day workshop here on stemming the tide...

Five years on, don’t blame the DLP

With a thread of “30 but nothing” running through his address, president of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Dr Ronnie Yearwood came out firing...