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Pakistan in control

Pakistan in control

Port-of-Spain – A superb batting display by Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam have left Pakistan in firm control of the second Test against West...

No incidents for Grand Kadooment

Commissioner of Police Sonia Boyce commended Barbadians and visitors for being on their best behaviour after the Flow 5G+ Grand Kadooment went off without...

Mikey wins Tune of the Crop

Crop Over 2026 belongs to Mikey! The National Cultural Foundation tonight announced he had won the Tune of the Crop with Like Uh Bajan. The song...

Former assistant commissioner passes

The Barbados Police Service is once again mourning the death of two of its own. Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, David Griffith, who only retired...
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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...

Eight years for gun and bullets

Zico Renaldo Williams was jailed for eight years last Friday as a High Court judge declared a fine was not appropriate for his gun...

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...

Pakistan in control

Port-of-Spain – A superb batting display by Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam have left Pakistan in firm control of the second Test against West...

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 –...

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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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T&T orders 2 000 doses of monkeypox vaccine

Port of Spain – Although Trinidad & Tobago has so far not recorded any cases of monkeypox, the government has ordered 2 000 doses...

BPSA chairman pays tribute to Ben Arrindell

Chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA), Trisha Tannis hailed the life and work of deceased international tax and trade advisor, Ben Arrindell,...

Cool’ man’s death a big shock

  The death of 30-year-old Jonathan Fabian Ricardo Forte has left his family and friends in shock. Police reported that Forte, a father of three, used...

Wood: Place growth in context

Economist Anthony Wood is warning Barbadians to temper their excitement about the news that the economy grew during the first half of this year...

Woman admits to growing ganja

A 33-year-old woman yesterday confessed to growing ganja because “things are hard” and she had to do something to survive. Tiffany Nikita Elcock, a painter,...

Gems lose to Wales

The Bajan Gems netballers played their best game of the Commonwealth Games but ended the Group action winless by falling to 8th-ranked Wales 44-60...

Brathwaite wins silver medal at Commonwealth Games

Shane Brathwaite copped a silver medal for Barbados in the men’s 110 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday in Birmingham, England. Brathwaite, 32,...

COVID-19 update for August 3

Another 718 new COVID-19 cases were detected on Wednesday, August 3, in Barbados. According to health authorities, 299 males and 419 females tested positive for...

Four Kentucky police officers charged in Breonna Taylor killing

Washington, D.C. – United States prosecutors charged four current and former Louisville, Kentucky, police officers on Thursday for their roles in the botched 2020...

Caricom election observation mission arrives in St Kitts & Nevis

Basseterre – A four-member Caricom election observation mission arrived on Wednesday in St Kitts & Nevis ahead of Friday’s general election. The Caricom Election Observation...