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Call to modernise funeral laws

The Barbados Association of Funeral Directors (BAFD) has issued a forceful call for the complete modernisation of the legislation governing the island’s funeral industry,...

St Michael get the edge on Day 1

Thirteen wickets fell on the opening day of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Schools’ final recently, with Armstrong Agencies Lasco Icool The St Michael...

Youth set for discount day Aug. 12

Young Barbadians between the ages of 16 and 35 will be able to access discounts from more than 100 businesses on August 12 as...

Barbados Tridents begin CPL title bid tonight

Barbados Tridents will be in action on Tuesday night as they start their campaign in the 2026 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The...
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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...

ZR driver eagerly pleads guilty

From the time Magistrate Jared Richards called Shaquille Ashane Scott’s name yesterday, the ZR driver jumped out of his seat, rushed inside the dock...

Proposal to rename Bay Primary after Sir Garry

There is a proposal for Bay Primary School to be renamed in honour of late National Hero Sir Garfield Sobers, and it has the...

St Michael get the edge on Day 1

Thirteen wickets fell on the opening day of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Schools’ final recently, with Armstrong Agencies Lasco Icool The St Michael...

Youth set for discount day Aug. 12

Young Barbadians between the ages of 16 and 35 will be able to access discounts from more than 100 businesses on August 12 as...

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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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Franklyn: Focus must stay on nurses

Once the green light from the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit (CMU) is given, nurses from the Unity Workers’ Union will participate in a demonstration in...

BLP Manifesto full of gimmicks, says Yearwood

Dr Ronnie Yearwood has dissected the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) manifesto and found it wanting. He told constituents in Gall Hill, St John, during a...

Suspected hanging in St Michael community

District A Police are at the scene of an unnatural death which was reported about 5:10 p.m. on Wednesday. The body of a 26-year-old male...

516 new COVID cases on January 11

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 516 new COVID-19 cases – 243 males and 273 females – from the 2 403 tests carried...

COVID deaths in Barbados at 268

Two Barbadian men lost their battle with COVID-19. An 81-year-old man, who was fully vaccinated, succumbed to the virus at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility...

State of Our Nation S2 Ep 4: The right to vote

The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution of Barbados. But thousands of people in quarantine or isolation – at home or in...

Sir Lewis uncertain about F1 future

 Sir Lewis Hamilton will not decide whether to return to Formula 1 this season until he sees the results of an inquiry into the...

Suriname not ready to welcome back CAL

PARAMARIBO –Suriname, still peeved at the treatment meted out to its nationals by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL), is reported to have denied the...

Biden calls for change to Senate rules

United States President Joe Biden has called for a historic change to Senate rules as he seeks to overhaul the country’s election laws. In an...

COVID hits Ireland tour of West Indies

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cricket West Indies and Cricket Ireland scrapped the one-off Twenty20 International scheduled for next Sunday here, in order to ensure the...