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Bajan among two selected for Caribbean Climate Leaders Fellowship

BELMOPAN – The Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) yesterday announced that Dominican Christianna Paul and Tristan Ward of Barbados had been selected...

‘Wanted man’ charged with robbery

Tremaine Alexander Drakes is scheduled to appear in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court today after police charged him with robbery, alleged to have occurred...

Under-15 ballers off to World Cup

Barbados will take its place in football history when the island’s Under-15 boys’ team competes at the first-ever FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival. The...

France imposes curfews as deadly riots escalate

French officials are imposing localised curfews — including in parts of Paris — as the country grapples with the fallout from its worst rioting...
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Respect the cane!

Barbadians are being urged to be more vigilant and respectful of visually impaired people using white canes, as the National United Society of the...

Nine more years in jail for killer

One day shy of nine years. That is how much longer Darian Ronald Nurse has to spend behind bars for killing Scherno Rose. Nurse, now 31,...

Cleric: Families should not face financial stress inheriting homes

Reverend Graveney Bannister, a former magistrate, is putting a case for a tax ease on inherited homes. He referenced the rising cost of living, last...

Under-15 ballers off to World Cup

Barbados will take its place in football history when the island’s Under-15 boys’ team competes at the first-ever FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival. The...

Sammy appeals for support

Karen Yip Chuck appointed Republic Financial Holdings CEO

Republic Financial Holdings Limited has appointed Karen Yip Chuck as its Group President and Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approval. The appointment takes effect...

Fitch flags SOE risk

Natalie Headley: She felt it. She fought it. She survived.

Given her family’s genetic history, Natalie Headley felt that one day breast cancer could eventually find her. And it did. But Natalie had long...

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American Claver-Carone is new IDB president

Mauricio J. Claver-Carone was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Saturday during an electronic meeting of the Bank’s Board of Governors.He...

One in, six out of isolation

One new case of COVID-19 was recorded among the 346 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Friday, bringing the number...

Paving starts at Fordes Road

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources began paving the road from the junction of Fordes Road to the top of Rendezvous Hill...

Two remanded in connection with Haynesville shooting

One of the men who was injured in a shooting in Haynesville, St James, on August 29 is now on remand at HMP Dodds...

Wonder woman sequel delayed

LOS ANGELES – The Warner Bros movie studio on Friday postponed the debut of superhero sequel Wonder Woman 1984 until Christmas Day as many...

Osaka, Azarenka to battle for US Open title

NEW YORK – Victoria Azarenka and Naomi Osaka were set for a title clash two weeks back before the Japanese withdrew due to injury...

Guyana rolling out blended teaching from Monday

GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government on Friday announced that all students in the country will be engaged in a “blended multifaceted approach” to education...

interCaribbean Airways plans to push ahead

Operators of interCaribbean Airways, the first airline to get the green light from Barbados to fill the void left by a grounded LIAT, are...

Teen defaces Churchill statue

LONDON – British police said they charged a teenager on Friday over the defacing of the statue of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill opposite...

Osaka wins second US Open title

NEW YORK – Naomi Osaka ended Victoria Azarenka’s dream run to claim her second U.S. Open tennis title in three years with a 1-6,...