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Celebrating 70 Years of supporting Barbadian businesses

For 70 years, the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) has been helping to shape how we work in Barbados. Most of us know the BEC for...

BARP set to bring abuse protocol

The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) is set to introduce a formal reporting protocol for elder abuse, a move intended to create a...

Jordan wants more mentorship programmes

Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector Colin Jordan is calling for serious mentorship programmes for Barbadian young men as males face...

More than 250,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain

Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in south-west France as strong winds push flames towards the city of Bordeaux, with one official saying they...
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Research must drive better health care

Medical research and practical medicine must meld seamlessly to the benefit of the public. This was the consensus during the opening ceremony of the 25th...

Man to pay $15 000 for home-made gun

All of Clive Christopher Hutson’s “creativity” will be destroyed and he now owes the No 5A Supreme Court a further $10 000 after he...

Jordan wants more mentorship programmes

Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector Colin Jordan is calling for serious mentorship programmes for Barbadian young men as males face...

WI out to honour Sir Garry against Pakistan

West Indies and Pakistan meet in Tarouba today for the start of a two Test series and the latest chapter in one of Test...

Celebrating 70 Years of supporting Barbadian businesses

For 70 years, the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) has been helping to shape how we work in Barbados. Most of us know the BEC for...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Fees fuel bank profits

50 years championing a cause

For 50 years, the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD) has been at the forefront of advocating for a more inclusive and accessible Barbados,...
 

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BWA conducting emergency repairs at Lodge Hill

The Barbados Water Authority is conducting emergency repairs at Lodge Hill, St Michael. Customers in the catchment area may be affected by low pressure or...

Wimbledon organisers fined for banning Russian players

Wimbledon organisers have been fined by the Women's Tennis Association for banning Russian and Belarusian players from this summer's grass court events. The All England...

Dr Keith Mitchell sworn in as Opposition Leader

ST GEORGE’S – Eleven days after leading the New National Party (NNP) into defeat, former prime minister Dr Keith Mitchell was on Monday sworn...

School term ends on July 14

Public schools will close for the summer holiday next week. The last day at school for students will be Thursday, July 14, while teachers will...

Suspect arrested in Chicago shooting

United States police have arrested a suspect after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park,...

Boyce: Small rise in major crime

There has been a “negligible” increase in major crimes in Barbados when the data at June 25 is compared with corresponding crime figures for...

Reform of regional prisons in spotlight

in St Kitts Prison experts and academics are set to investigate how to restructure regional penal institutions when a Symposium on Prison Reform starts today. Professor...

$75 000 for 18-day remand

His attorney had argued for $1 million in damages, but yesterday a court awarded acquitted former murder accused Pedro Deroy Ellis $75 000 for...

Mother, daughter for netball series

Teenage shooter Jada Smith will have the chance to appear on a senior Barbados netball team with her mother, Sabreena Smith against St Vincent...

Six shot dead during Chicago Independence Day parade

Police are searching for a rooftop gunman who shot dead six people at an Independence Day parade near the United States city of Chicago. The...