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Small Craft and High Surf Warning issued for Barbados

The Barbados Meteorological Services has upgraded its Small Craft Advisory to a Small Craft and High Surf Warning as strong winds generate increasingly choppy...

IDB lauds fiscal progress, cites challenge

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economists believe Government will find it more difficult to achieve a fiscal target that is key to reducing the public...

Iran, US make competing claims over control of Strait of Hormuz

 The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", ‌the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day...

Man charged with burglary and theft

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged 29-year-old Shawn Renaldo Hall, of no fixed place of abode, with burglary and theft. Hall was...
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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 charged with burglary and theft

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged 29-year-old Shawn Renaldo Hall, of no fixed place of abode, with burglary and theft. Hall was...

Death penalty could apply under new bill

Barbadians convicted of domestic terrorism that results in a death could face the death penalty or life imprisonment, Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams told the...

Holder stars as Patriots secure first CPL win

Jason Holder performed another match-winning feat when he bowled St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to a crucial victory over Saint Lucia Kings in the...

IDB lauds fiscal progress, cites challenge

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economists believe Government will find it more difficult to achieve a fiscal target that is key to reducing the public...

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Centenarian Eunice celebrates with family

Eunice Kirton, one of Barbados’ newest centenarians, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 20, surrounded by the large family she raised and the community...
 

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Kiribati goes into first COVID lockdown

The remote island nation of Kiribati has gone into lockdown after passengers on the first international flight in 10 months tested positive for Covid. Under...

Franklyn still in thick of things

Former Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn is putting the Mia Amor Mottley Government on notice that even though he is no longer a member of...

Bajans urged to focus on NCDs too

Cancer Support Services is encouraging Barbadians to take better care of themselves amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, registered nurse Mutual Archer, who has been...

Holder averts clean sweep

Lester Vaughan School fifth former Tyrease Holder scored a tremendous upset to deny the favourites a clean sweep when the Barbados Road Tennis Association...

UPDATE: Shooting at Graham Alley

A 21-year-old man sustained several injuries after being shot at Graham Alley, Beckwith Street, St Michael on Saturday. The man, whose identity has not been...

West Indies win first T20I vs England

Jason Holder’s career-best Twenty20 bowling figures of 4-7 and a half-century from opener Brandon King propelled the West Indies to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory...

England set Windies 104 to win first T20I

England, sent in to bat, were bowled out for 104 in 19.4 overs against West Indies in the first Twenty20 International on Saturday at...

415 COVID cases on January 21

A total of 415 people, 191 males and 224 females, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, January 21, from the 1 542 tests carried...

Windies win the toss, fielding vs England in first T20I

West Indies won the toss and decided to field against England in the first Twenty20 International on Saturday at Kensington Oval here. Teams: West Indies:  Shai...

COVID death toll at 275 in Barbados

The COVID-19 death toll in Barbados has reached 275, following the death of a 91-year-old man today, Saturday, January 22. He succumbed to the viral...