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Mottley: Barbados will continue to seek reparatory justice

Barbadians will soon be able to pursue postgraduate studies that place emphasis on reparations. As part of her statement on Emancipation Day today, Prime Minister...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

All-day Emancipation celebrations

This year's Emancipation celebration began with a drum call, dance and fire breathing. From around 8:15 a.m., the four groups converged at JTC Ramsay Circle,...

AC rides “Legends” to calypso crown

Adrian “AC” Clarke is the new calypso monarch of Barbados. AC won his fourth title with 330 points, performing the immensely popular Legends From The...
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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...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

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 –...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

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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Sada for League opener

  DOHA – Barbadian Commonwealth Games champion Sada Williams and Jamaican sprint queen Shericka Jackson will be among a number of English-speaking Caribbean athletes who...

Ed Sheeran wins copyright case

Ed Sheeran did not copy Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On when composing Thinking Out Loud, a US court has ruled. The British singer-songwriter had...

TnT Government considering cash and bonds to meet VAT refunds

The Trinidad and Tobago government is considering issuing a combination of cash and bonds to help reduce the outstanding TT$7.8 billion (One TT dollar=US$0.16...

Jury fails to reach verdict

It took a jury three hours of deliberations but in the end the members still could not come to a conclusion on Terrell Patrick...

CCB probing missing girls’ case

The Child Care Board (CCB) is investigating the case involving two missing 14-year-old girls. Both CCB director RoseAnn Richards and Minister of People Empowerment Kirk...

Lears Land Use Project ready

One hundred and thirty farmers will be working on the multi-million dollar Lears Land Use Project. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Minister of Agriculture Indar...

‘Suki’ moves up, Jack falls back

Jack Francis has had a setback and Ronald “Suki” King has moved into second place at the World Go-As-You-Please draughts qualifier in Turkey. After three...

Hollywood Writers Go on Strike

Late-night comedy shows have been taken off air in the US after a strike by writers brought production to a halt. More than 11,000 television...

Dancehall artiste ‘Wacko Dan’ killed

Trinidad- The man shot dead in St Ann's, Port of Spain, on Tuesday has been identified as local dancehall artiste, Anthony “Wacko Dan” Reyes. Reyes...

Serbia: Teen made ‘kill list’ for school attack

A teenager who killed eight fellow students and a security guard in a Serbian school planned the attack for weeks and had a "kill...