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Retired US soldier sentenced to 22 years for murder in Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica – A retired United States soldier, who is reported to have been in an intimate relationship with the wife of a man...

Trump threatens 100 per cent tariff over tech tax

United States president Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100 per cent import tariff on any European country that introduces a digital services...

Continuous assessment to account for half of marks

Barbados is on the way to moving away from its decades-old Common Entrance Examination to the two-year continuous assessment model that will account for...

No proof of birth tourism

There is no evidence that foreign parents travelling to Barbados to give birth are seeking residency, citizenship or any other immigration status for themselves,...
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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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T&T under state of emergency again

PORT OF SPAIN – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Trinidad and Tobago had been placed under a state of emergency (SoE) effective as of...

Fraudster pays $7 500 fine

A message of deterrence must be sent to those people who engage in crimes of financial fraud. So said Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell as she imposed...

El Salvador rout Barbados 13-0 in CONCACAF women’s qualifier

Barbados’ senior women’s football team suffered a 13-0 thrashing in their second CONCACAF qualifier at the hands of El Salvador on Sunday at the...

Update: Police confirm identity of man fatally stabbed at Cave Hill

Police have confirmed that Nigel Gibbs, 75, of Cave Hill, St. Michael, was fatally stabbed on Sunday at Lower Bridge Gap, Cave Hill. Initial investigations...

Police confirm identity of man shot at Cox Road

Police have confirmed that Tyrese Skinner, 24, of Fustic Village, St. Lucy, was shot on Sunday, at a business establishment on Cox Road, Frere...

Update – Man fatally shot at Chapman Cross Street identified

Police have confirmed that Neil Renville, 33, of Adventist Gap, Jackson, St. Michael, was fatally shot early Sunday morning. The police operations control received...

House fire at Farnum Land, St Michael

Update One house has been destroyed and two others damaged following a structural fire at Deacons Road, St. Michael earlier today. Speaking on the scene, Fire...

2026 Budget set for March 16

Budget Day is March 16. Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn announced the date this morning in the House of Assembly. The 2026 Budgetary Proposals and Finance...

Police seek public’s help in locating missing teen

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Shakira Hinkson of #27 Meadowvale Heights, Prior Park, St. James. The fourth-form student of the...

Estimates debate under way in Parliament

This year’s Estimates Debate has started in Parliament with the Minister of Educational Transformation Chad Blackman and his team taking positions in the Well...