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Traffic Changes: State Funeral of Sir Garfield Sobers

The State Funeral for the late Right Excellent Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers will be held on Wednesday July 29. As a result, there...

Many take final glimpse of Sir Garry

A steady stream of mourners made their way to the Parliament Building to bid farewell to The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers whose body...

Bajan women’s hockey team bounce back against Bermuda

The women’s hockey team took pride of place as Barbados scored some victories at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Santo Domingo...

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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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 to pay $15 000 for home-made gun

All of Clive Christopher Hutson’s “creativity” will be destroyed and he now owes the No 5A Supreme Court a further $10 000 after he...

Govt should fast track legal opinion, says DLP

Government should be moving with urgency to get a legal opinion on the deduction authorisation for public officers that is creating anxiety among hundreds...

Bajan women’s hockey team bounce back against Bermuda

The women’s hockey team took pride of place as Barbados scored some victories at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Santo Domingo...

Celebrating 70 Years of supporting Barbadian businesses

For 70 years, the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) has been helping to shape how we work in Barbados. Most of us know the BEC for...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Fees fuel bank profits

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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Parents ‘planting negative views’ on jab

Too many adults are still taking their frustrations out on their children, says children’s rights advocate Faith Marshall-Harris. The attorney, who is chair of the...

Coach wants ease for karate

Government must critically review its current ban on contact sports, especially martial arts, if those disciplines are to continue their much-needed development. This is the...

Entertainers join push for vaccines

Barbadians are encouraged to take their relatives and friends to get vaccinated. The latest appeal has come from members of the entertainment fraternity who say...

Former Combermere principal passes

Barbados has lost one of its well-known educators, Charles Washington Pilgrim. The former principal of Combermere School passed away yesterday after a sudden illness. He...

Seven injured in Dutch riots over COVID vaccines

Dutch police have shot and wounded at least two people after rioting erupted in Rotterdam over new Covid-19 measures. Protesters threw rocks and fireworks at...

One injured in accident

McNeil Taylor, 67, of Bottom Bay, St Philip, was treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on Saturday after being involved in an accident...

72-year-old man dies at the beach

A 72-year-old St Michael man was pronounced dead on the scene at Browne’s Beach, St Michael in the area of the Harbour Lights on...

Family of five loses home

A house fire of unknown origin destroyed a wooden house at Foul Bay, St Philip on Friday night. It was owned by John Greenidge, 62 years, and...

New COVID cases fall to 197

The number of new positive COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday, November 19, was 197 – 97 females and 100 males – from 1 611...

82-year-old woman succumbs to COVID

An 82-year-old Barbadian woman died from COVID-19, today, Saturday, November 20, at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility. She was unvaccinated. Her death brings the number of...