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Mottley: Barbados will continue to seek reparatory justice

Barbadians will soon be able to pursue postgraduate studies that place emphasis on reparations. As part of her statement on Emancipation Day today, Prime Minister...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

All-day Emancipation celebrations

This year's Emancipation celebration began with a drum call, dance and fire breathing. From around 8:15 a.m., the four groups converged at JTC Ramsay Circle,...

AC rides “Legends” to calypso crown

Adrian “AC” Clarke is the new calypso monarch of Barbados. AC won his fourth title with 330 points, performing the immensely popular Legends From The...
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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...

Man was ’keeping firearm for old lady’

He was doing an old lady a favour by keeping her gun and he forgot he had it in his safe. This was the explanation...

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...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

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’s life ‘a blessing’

It is not usual to find a centenarian still be married, but Esther Lilian Wickham certainly is. At their Cadogan Road, Grazettes, St Michael home...
 

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Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded

London – Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain’s hottest...

OECS tourism ministers to discuss regional travel

Roseau – Tourism ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) meet on Thursday in Dominica. They will discuss a wide range of issues...

Campbell’s anti-doping hearing adjourned

Kingston – The disciplinary hearing into allegations that West Indies opener John Campbell violated the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) whereabouts rule was adjourned until...

Barbados upgraded to Tier 2 in TIP report

Barbados attained a rating of Tier 2 from the United States for its efforts to deal with Trafficking in Persons (TIP). In a review of...

Droves of subscribers leave Netflix

After enjoying a long reign as the king of streaming, Netflix faces a tough fight to keep its crown. It lost almost one million subscribers...

Lewandowski joins Barcelona from Bayern Munich

Barcelona have signed Poland striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich on a four-year contract worth 50m euros. The 33-year-old had one year left on his...

Lane wants poor housing in The City repaired

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Corey Lane is urging Government to fix his City constituency’s longstanding “poor housing”. He...

Chinese officials apologise for COVID ‘break-ins’

Chinese officials have apologised to residents of a locked-down community in Guangzhou for removing the locks on the doors to their homes. A number of...

Trinidad: Eight police officers charged with murder

PORT OF SPAIN – Eight police officers were remanded into custody on Tuesday after they appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate charged with...

Man charged with having nine guns plus ammo

A man accused of having nine guns, including an AR-15 and an AK-47, as well as 1 206 rounds of ammunition, is scheduled to...