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Barbados under flash-flood watch

At 8 p.m., the flash-flood watch was extended until 6 a.m. tomorrow *** Barbados is currently under a flash-flood watch, forecast to end at 6 p.m....

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...
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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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Hillary Clinton tells congressional panel she has no information on Epstein

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender...

Walters against anti-defection bill

Amending the Constitution to prevent Members of Parliament from crossing the floor is “a proposal that strikes at the very heart of how our...

PM: VAT cut would not have brought masses relief

There would have been no real relief from a reduction in value added tax (VAT). That was made clear in the House of Assembly on...

Barbados Reggae Weekend moves to Kensington Oval for 2026 shows

Barbados Reggae Weekend is moving to Kensington Oval for its 2026 staging. The announcement was made during the official launch of the 2026 Barbados Reggae...

Minister condemns act of violence against senior

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Adrian Forde has condemned the recent act of violence against a 72-year-old man, describing the incident as...

Jailed for one year in cutlass robbery

On his first court appearance on a robbery charge Rico Antonio Leslie Greenidge admitted in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court No. 2 a month...

Hillary Clinton to appear before US House panel investigating Epstein

Hillary Clinton will on Thursday appear before a panel of the US House of Representatives that is investigating the crimes of late sex offender...

Liberty accelerates cloud transformation

Liberty Latin America has a five-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help customers across Latin America and the Caribbean accelerate...

Antigua PM optimistic Trinidad will honour outstanding multi-million dollar payout

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he remains optimistic that Trinidad and Tobago would honour its obligation and pay the remaining US$60...

South Africa defeat West Indies by nine wickets 

South Africa defeated West Indies by nine wickets in the 47th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on...