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Mixed ruling

In a legal saga involving the procedural intricacies of judicial employment disputes, the Supreme Court has partially struck out a lawsuit filed by retired...

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,...
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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 –...

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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Spartan pays tribute to Holford

The late former Barbados captain and West Indies’ all-rounder David Holford was an astute cricket administrator who was very committed to the Spartan club...

Youth planned to start new life

Trey Akeem Kemar Murray lived a short, troubled life but was preparing to make a fresh start overseas. However, the 29-year-old never got the opportunity,...

BMA calls on CARICOM for help

The Barbados Manufacturers’ Association (BMA) is calling on CARICOM to make it much easier to get raw materials and production equipment shipped to the...

Health sector feeling COVID-19 strain

Barbados’ health sector is feeling increased strain after battling COVID-19 for more than two years and the fallout is likely to worsen. That’s the diagnosis...

178 new virus cases

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 178 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 66 males and 112 females, from the 826 tests conducted on Tuesday,...

Two more women succumb to COVID-19; toll at 467

The coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has risen to 467, after two more women passed away from the virus. One of the women, who was 77...

Tridents extend helping hand to Cubans

Barbados’ senior men's national football team lost their Concacaf Nations League encounter versus Cuba last Sunday but won the hearts of locals in Santiago, the second-largest...

Engineer renews calls for building standards

The Barbados Association of Professional Engineers (BAPE) is calling on Government to establish a National Infrastructure Authority to oversee the management of “critical infrastructure”...

Barbados Women beat Guyana in cricket opener

GEORGETOWN – Barbados’ bowlers admirably defended a modest total to defeat Guyana by seven runs in their first match of the Cricket West Indies...

Family sues over Top Gun sequel

The family of the Israeli writer whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun is suing film studio Paramount Pictures for copyright...