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Traffic Management: Foreday Morning Jam

Several traffic changes will take effect in and around The City as theNational Cultural Foundation stages the annual “Foreday Morning Jam” from 1 a.m....

Shaquille is still People’s Monarch

Shaquille GFG successfully defended his title in the Starcom Network Flow People’s Monarch. The results were announced moments ago, with Shaquille earning 56 per...

Remanded on gun and ammo charges

A Christ Church man is scheduled to reappear in court on August 27, charged with possession of a firearm and ten rounds of ammunition. Dwayne...

MISSING: Shem Tomas William Clarke

Shem Tomas William Clarke has been reported missing. Police say the 24-year-old of 4th Avenue, Belair Terrace, St Philip was last seen on Tuesday, July...
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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...

UEFA will boycott FIFA competitions if World Cup sold off

European football’s (UEFA) 55 member associations have voted to boycott World Cups if the sport’s governing body proceeds with a plan to sell stakes...

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 –...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

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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Bill Gates vows to drop off rich list

Billionaire Bill Gates has pledged again to give his wealth away, adding that he will eventually "drop off" the world's rich list. It came as...

Two die from Marburg virus infection in Ghana

Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that...

Dengue on the rise in Cuba

HAVANA – Health Minister Carilda Peña Garcia has voiced concern about a spike in the mosquito borne Dengue Fever as three of the four serotypes present in...

‘Prayer alone’ won’t stop gun violence

It is back to the drawing board for the Anglican Diocese as it tries to devise a plan to assist Government’s battle with the...

Bajan Under-17s hunting hat-trick of cricket titles

A confident Barbados Under-17 team left the island yesterday for Trinidad and Tobago seeking to record a hat-trick of titles in the Cricket West...

Shaken’ by robbery at gun point

Hands down the worst day of her life. That was how aggravated burglary complainant Lystra Ramsay described the morning that four gun-toting masked men broke...

‘Sour taste’ in the mouth

Government’s Summer Nutrition programme is being called a top-down directive made without proper consultation. While the spirit of the programme is commendable, where children will...

Shane disqualified

Barbadian Shane Brathwaite was disqualified in the men’s 110 metres hurdles final at World Athletics Championships tonight in Eugene, Oregon. In one of the most...

Brathwaite reaches third final at Worlds

Shane Brathwaite produced a gutsy performance to advance to the final of the men’s 110 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. The...

Zelensky fires two top officials

President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the head of Ukraine's security agency (SBU) and the prosecutor general, citing many cases of treason in the two...