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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...

BCA hails Matthews, Greaves

The recent international awards won by Barbadians Justin Greaves and Hayley Matthews are justifiable reasons for Bajan cricket fans to be super proud. That is...

World’s oldest person celebrates turning 117

The world's oldest living person celebrates turning 117 years old in Surrey on Friday with her family and friends. Ethel Caterham, who lives at Hallmark...

‘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...
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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...

BCA hails Matthews, Greaves

The recent international awards won by Barbadians Justin Greaves and Hayley Matthews are justifiable reasons for Bajan cricket fans to be super proud. That is...

‘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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Fatal accident at Rices

A 25-year-old man died in an accident at the junction of Rices Main Road and Cave Land Road, St Philip, around 4 p.m. on...

COVID deaths in Barbados at 309

Barbados’ COVID-19 deaths rose to 309 today, Saturday, February 19, when a 69-year-old vaccinated Barbadian man succumbed to the virus. Minister of Health and Wellness,...

255 new COVID cases and 1 death on Friday

A total of 255 people – 118 males and 137 females – tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, February 18, when the Best-dos Santos...

Couple plead guilty in nuclear secrets case

Washington - A United States Navy engineer's wife has pleaded guilty to helping her husband try to sell secrets about nuclear-powered submarines to a...

St Lucia govt outlines new COVID-19 measures

Castries – The St Lucia government has announced new measures aimed at curbing continued spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that up to Thursday had...

Former US police officer jailed for fatal shooting

A veteran former Minnesota police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black motorist last April. In...

UK: Storm Eunice leaves 400 000 homes without power

London - Energy companies are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes after one of the worst storms to hit the...

Bodie Tap looks a sure bet

The class of Bodie Tap should see him triumph in today’s 4:55 p.m. feature event, the Black History Month Handicap over 1 100 metres,...

Race to finish house repairs

Government is promising to complete repairs to hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Elsa before the next hurricane season begins. Minister of Housing,...

Japan’s helping hand with seaweed

Japan has stepped in to help the Caribbean deal with its Sargassum seaweed problem. For many years, the encroaching seaweed has been washing ashore, often...