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Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to Sir Garfield Sobers

With heavy hearts Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to the greatest player to ever grace the sport as the late Right Excellent...

Old sex cases brought forward

Justice Pamela Beckles has declared that she will be prioritising the trial of two sexual offence matters later this year because of their age. The...

Police seeking person of interest

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying and locating a person of interest who is wanted for questioning...
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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...

Old sex cases brought forward

Justice Pamela Beckles has declared that she will be prioritising the trial of two sexual offence matters later this year because of their age. The...

Govt should fast track legal opinion, says DLP

Government should be moving with urgency to get a legal opinion on the deduction authorisation for public officers that is creating anxiety among hundreds...

Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to Sir Garfield Sobers

With heavy hearts Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to the greatest player to ever grace the sport as the late Right Excellent...

Port reforms ‘could save $19m’

The Barbados Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is calling for a more collaborative and evidence-based response so that Barbadians can benefit from a...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Fees fuel bank profits

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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‘Do more’ for black business

Government is being urged to change its procurement policies so black businesses can get more work. “Black businesses are struggling and they will continue to...

Bracing for backlash

GROS ISLET – Marquee seamer Kemar Roach enters the second Test against Bangladesh today poised to become only the sixth West Indies bowler in...

FTC okays sale of automotive companies

The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has approved the sale of Barbados-based automotive companies Interamericana Trading Corporation (ITC) Barbados and Simpson Motors Limited to a...

Inspector: Records weren’t ready

A police inspector said despite giving a letter and a medical consent form, signed by Sir Elliott Mottley, to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH),...

Opposition NDC wins general election in Grenada

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won today's general election, according to preliminary results released here. The NDC has been...

Barbados centenarian succumbs to COVID-19

A 101-year-old woman succumbed to COVID-19 today, Thursday, June 23. She was unvaccinated. As a result of her passing, the total number of COVID-19 related deaths...

COVID-19 Update for June 22

One hundred and forty-eight people, 71 males and 77 females, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, June 22, from the 654 tests carried out...

European Commission funds to help vulnerable countries

BRUSSELS – The European Commission (EC) said it will mobilise €600 million from the reserves of the European Development Fund (EDF) to address the...

Jamaica: Suspect held in deaths of mother and four children

Kingston – Police were on Wednesday questioning a 23-year-old man, in connection with the brutal slaying of a 31-year-old mother and her four children...

New Tesla factories losing billions of dollars, Musk says

Elon Musk says Tesla's new factories in Germany and the US are "losing billions of dollars" due to battery shortages and supply disruptions in...