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Longer time for Common Entrance Exam

The Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) isn’t going anywhere for the time being. The Ministry of Education Transformation has delayed the implementation of its...

CCJ president responds to press reports on leaked correspondence

Port of Spain, Trinidad – President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, Friday condemned “in the strongest possible terms”...

Barbados under flash-flood watch

As a strong tropical wave begins to affect the island, triggering pockets of moderate to heavy showers from tonight, the Barbados Meteorological Services is...

Shaka O’Neal a surprise pick on BCA board

In a surprising election result last night, Shaka O’Neal landed a place on the board of directors of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). The 37-year-old, who...
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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...

Danger to society’ remanded

Declaring that Jeffrey David Yearwood was “a clear and present danger to society”, Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick remanded him to prison when he appeared...

Death penalty could apply under new bill

Barbadians convicted of domestic terrorism that results in a death could face the death penalty or life imprisonment, Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams told the...

Shaka O’Neal a surprise pick on BCA board

In a surprising election result last night, Shaka O’Neal landed a place on the board of directors of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). The 37-year-old, who...

IDB lauds fiscal progress, cites challenge

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economists believe Government will find it more difficult to achieve a fiscal target that is key to reducing the public...

Bajans borrowing more

Centenarian Eunice celebrates with family

Eunice Kirton, one of Barbados’ newest centenarians, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 20, surrounded by the large family she raised and the community...
 

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Calypsonian Black Stalin passes

One of Trinidad and Tobago's most beloved calypsonians, the quintessential Caribbean man, Leroy Calliste, aka Black Stalin has died. Stalin, 81, who never recovered from...

Double joy for Hazelwood

Newly crowned champion jockey and leading apprentice Teshawn Hazelwood capped a superb off year with his first riding title when piloting home the favourite...

Parkinson Field road safety concern

Wade Quintyne, a resident of Parkinson Field, Pinelands, St Michael, is making an appeal to the Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources (MTWW)...

Fire destroys house at Sargeant’s Village

Fire gutted an unoccupied house at Smith Road, Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church, on Tuesday morning. Residents said the former occupant moved out of the wooden...

Trinidad and Tobago to elect new president in January

Port of Spain – An election for a new president of Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled to be held on January 20. The date was confirmed...

China to end COVID quarantine for visitors on January 8

China has announced that its requirement for travellers arriving in the country to go into quarantine will end on January 8. The measure is the...

Man swept out to sea

The Barbados Police Service and the Barbados Coast Guard were called after a Colombian national working on island was swept from the cliffs near...

Netanyahu wants new government in place on Thursday

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu called a vote in parliament on his new government for Thursday December 29, the speaker of the...

Innes’ case put back till March

The extradition hearing against Guyanese-born Ingrid Innes, the former chief executive officer of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Ltd (ICBL), has once again been...

Death toll from winter storm rises

A severe winter storm that has swept across North America has left the city of Buffalo, New York, looking like a war zone, the...