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Update: Victim of fatal Hutson Alley shooting identified

Thirty-year-old Jameson Fields of 3rd Avenue Chapman Lane, St. Michael has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Hutson Alley, St....

BRA advises early land tax payment

Barbadian property owners are being encouraged to pay their land tax bills as early as possible to take advantage of discounts offered by the...

Two confirmed dead as search and rescue operations continue

The Guyana government Sunday night confirmed that the bodies of two people had been found and the search and rescue operations continue for at...

BAMP: Take that back, Santia

The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) is calling on Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw to withdraw comments that a “medical mafia” could influence...
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BAMP: Take that back, Santia

The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) is calling on Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw to withdraw comments that a “medical mafia” could influence...

Guilty of assaulting girl, 12

Christopher O'Brien Harris, of Thornbury Hill and Lower Carter’s Gap, Christ Church, has been convicted of indecently assaulting a 12-year-old girl four years ago. He...

Govt finalising debt swap for health

Government is moving to finalise a debt-for-social swap targeting health, as it confronts an escalating non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis in which 42 per cent...

Hope backs batsmen to improve

West Indies’ white-ball captain Shai Hope is backing his squad to produce an improved batting performance in today’s One-Day International (ODI) against New Zealand...

$25m loan boost for CWI

Fees fuel bank profits

Commercial banks are consistently making a large share of their profits from fees, including $152.6 million collected in 2025 from what they charged Barbadians. After...

50 years championing a cause

For 50 years, the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD) has been at the forefront of advocating for a more inclusive and accessible Barbados,...
 

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Uncle to learn fate for raping niece

by Sandra Downes Five years ago he committed incest with his niece and got her pregnant. On Tuesday, that man appeared in Supreme Court No....

Cricket West Indies Annual General Meeting set for Saturday

St John’s – Cricket West Indies (CWI) will convene its 27th Annual General Meeting on Saturday, March 21. The meeting, which will be held virtually...

Commercial flights between Dominican Republic and Venezuela resume

SANTO DOMINGO –  Commercial flights between the Dominican Republic and Venezuela resumed on Wednesday with the return of operations by Laser Airlines, after nearly...

Call for FTC to be more ‘nimble’

There needs to be “a shift in the culture” at the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to allow for renewable energy investments to be made...

Weir praises Budget for increasing disposable income

Minister of Public and Private Investment Indar Weir has commended the 2026-2027 Budget for providing disposable income to Barbadians and addressing the “burdens” of...

Brace for global shocks, warns Abrahams

Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams has warned Barbadians to brace for “very difficult times” as global geopolitical instability threatens the local economy. Speaking in the House...

Mass casualty at St Lawrence Gap

A mass casualty response has been triggered at St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church, this morning, following a collision between a Route Taxi (ZR) and...

CDB chief aims to deliver more

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Daniel Best is ready to deliver an encore. This follows a successful, yet challenging, first year in office that left...

TRACED: Jordan Dominic Oneal

Jordan Dominic Oneal, age 15, of Upper Carlton, St James who was reported missing on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, has been traced and is...

Iran strikes energy facilities in Qatar and United Arab Emirates

Iran on Thursday attacked major energy facilities in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after vowing to retaliate for Israel striking its gas...