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Court reprimands father who left son on Mount Fuji

A father has been reprimanded by police after leaving his son on Japan’s highest mountain for several hours with just a soft drink and...

St Lucia staging national exhibit for underwater sculpture park

Castries – St Lucia is set to unveil its first National Exhibition for the development of one out of three Underwater Sculpture Parks, offering...

Matthew Forde to the fore with five-for in Kings’ victory over Kingsmen

Matthew Forde delivered the best bowling display of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) so far this season as he singlehandedly wrecked the...

All eyes on Bulldoze

By Lindon Yarde Can the rampaging Bulldoze defy 135 pounds and close off with a beaver-trick as he goes in pursuit of more success? On what is effectively...
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Officials: Take extra care against measles

Barbados is being urged to tighten its defences against measles as the Americas confront their worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in more...

Man charged after 13.6kg of cannabis seized

A 27-year-old Christ Church man has been charged with trafficking and importing cannabis after police seized 13.6 kilograms of the drug with an estimated...

Nicholls touts law’s value to national security

There is no need to fear that a law seeking to collect information on travellers will criminalise anyone. The proposed law, said Minister of Home...

Matthew Forde to the fore with five-for in Kings’ victory over Kingsmen

Matthew Forde delivered the best bowling display of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) so far this season as he singlehandedly wrecked the...

All eyes on Bulldoze

BCA hails Matthews, Greaves

‘70% of workers disengaged’

Barbados could be losing $1.6 billion a year to disengagement and lost productivity in the workplace. That is the “conservative” estimate of new research by...

Bajans deeper in debt

Mortgages rule loans sector

Quinn embracing future with AI

He translated poor science grades through the “grind” of his renewed determination to become a data and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist. Though veterinary medicine caught...
 

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UK: Former tennis star Becker guilty of four charges under Insolvency Act

Former tennis star Boris Becker has been found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act relating to his 2017 bankruptcy. The former world number...

Trinidad govt to increase fuel prices

Port Of Spain – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday announced an increase in fuel prices even as it acknowledged that it is cognisant...

BWA: Urgent work scheduled for Belle Pumping Station

Urgent work will be conducted at the Barbados Water Authority’s (BWA) Belle Pumping Station between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and again between 6...

BCA ready to start play April 23

Chief executive officer Dr Roland Toppin says the offices of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) at Kensington Oval are abuzz with excitement as the new...

Mother, mate charged with wounding child

A Guyanese woman and her partner, who were living and working in Barbados under the Caricom Single Market and Economy free movement of labour...

Concern over Pine resident

Residents in Princess Royal Avenue, The Pine, St Michael, are concerned that another resident, an outpatient of the Psychiatric Hospital, might become violent. And while...

Johnson: UK to send more weapons to Ukraine

London - Boris Johnson has announced £100m worth of weapons for Ukraine after the "unconscionable bombing" of refugees at a railway station. The prime minister...

369 new virus cases

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 369 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 172 males and 197 females, from the 1 290 tests conducted on...

Will Smith banned from Oscars, Academy events for 10 years over slap

Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars gala and other Academy events for ten years after the United States actor slapped comic Chris...

Two men succumb to COVID-19; toll at 379

Two male residents of the Geriatric Hospital have died from coronavirus (COVID-19). One of them, aged 72, passed away on Tuesday, April 5. The other...