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Grantley Adams Memorial Students set for cultural trip to Panama

Seventy children from Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School, along with teachers and relatives, are undertaking a major cultural trip to Panama this August 11...

Central Bank provides update on delayed salary payments

The Central Bank of Barbados has issued a further update on delayed salary payments affecting some workers following the transition to the BiMPay system. The...

Daughter cries as dad jailed

A daughter cried for her father Shayne Douglas Marshall yesterday as a judge jailed him for 14 years and denounced his raping a then...

Earthquake shifts political ground for Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez 

 Venezuela's strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez's early leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp...
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BARP sounds caution

Not only does the Barbados Association of Retired Person (BARP) not support the call for retired returning nationals to pay towards their own health...

Daughter cries as dad jailed

A daughter cried for her father Shayne Douglas Marshall yesterday as a judge jailed him for 14 years and denounced his raping a then...

MP tells of bank account blues

Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium...

Major blow to West Indies as Shai Hope ruled out with injury

Shai Hope has been ruled out of the first Test match for West Indies against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in...

Barbados launches new climate finance initiative with OPEC Fund

Barbados has partnered with the OPEC Fund for International Development to launch the Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Compact, a new initiative aimed at helping...

IMF $128m in the bag

NCF partners with Shakirah Bourne to bring Bajan Anansi tales into schools

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has partnered with Barbadian author Shakirah Bourne to publish Bajan Anansi, a new collection of Anansi tales that will...
 

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Fortress says no to crypto

Barbados based mutual fund company Fortress, which for the first time in its near 30 year history has more than $1 billion in total...

G7 nations to hold emergency meeting on oil as stock markets sink

G7 nations will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss surging oil prices as crudejumped above $100 a barrel and stock markets slumped...

Forde: Gender-based violence still prevalent

The threat of gender based violence remains prevalent. Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Adrian Forde said an International Development Bank survey had revealed...

Armstrong quits DLP

Less than a month after the General Election, Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate Dr Dawn-Marie Armstrong has resigned, adding to the turmoil swirling around...

Desirée Gamble named first female CARIFTA head coach

For the first time, Barbados will have a female head coach for the CARIFTA Games, to be held this year in Grenada. Noel Lynch, president...

Sheryl Lee Ralph asks if USA will send doctors to Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaican American actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, has joined the conversation surrounding the discontinuation of the Cuban Medical Brigade programme. “Will America now...

Normal operations resume at Airport

Operations at Grantley Adams International Airport gradually returned to normal today following Saturday’s industrial action by air traffic controllers which forced a temporary shutdown...

Woman arrested after shots fired at Rihanna’s LA home

A person has been arrested after a gun was repeatedly fired toward the home of Rihanna in Beverly Hills, California. The Los Angeles Police Department...

India cruise in defence of T20 World Cup title

Ahmedabad, India – India banished the ghosts of 2023 by emphatically beating New Zealand by 96 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium to defend...

Kidney disease on the rise in Barbados

The Barbados Kidney Association has raised concern about the growing number of Barbadians developing kidney disease and requiring dialysis, warning that the island’s healthcare...