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Foster ‘eating, sleeping, behaving  well’ at 107

Centenarian John Foster turned 107 on Monday.  And yesterday, with the usual sparkle in his eyes and the sharp wit for which he is known,...

Second stabbing death in less than 24 hours

A person of interest is assisting police with their investigations into a stabbing death earlier today in The City. Two men were in an altercation...

Stabbing victim identified

The man who died after an altercation at Fernihurst, St Michael, yesterday evening has been identified as Jamario Omar Holder. The 26-year-old of Block 7,...

MV Barima tragedy Inquiry likely to begin this month

GEORGETOWN – The Commission of Inquiry, appointed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the July 18 capsizing of the M/V “BARIMA” that resulted in the...
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‘Long way to go in health battle’

It will be a long, hard fight against Barbados’ culture of abusing sugar and salt, but the Heart and Stroke Foundation says it is...

Virtual court starts next month

Virtual hearings will be rolled out at two Magistrates’ Courts from next month, in what Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Michael Lashley...

New DLP general secretary aims to unify party

The Democratic Labour Party continues to hold out an olive branch to former members in an effort to get them to return to the...

‘D’ big battle

Tiger Woods gets five-year driving ban

Tiger Woods has agreed not to contest a reckless driving charge as part of a deal with prosecutors, reducing the original charge of driving...

Nurse aces through to 16

CPL tickets far from sold out

COB suspends CEO

Steve Belle, the long-standing chief executive officer (CEO) of the City of Bridgetown Credit Union (COB), has been suspended pending an internal investigation. Reliable sources...

Eye on financial sector links

More support needed for breastfeeding mothers

The following is a submission by Aaliyah Lara, a member of Healthy Caribbean Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and a medical student at the...
 

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MISSING: Mark Andrew Forde

The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 67-year-old Mark Andrew Forde of Church Village, St Joseph.Police said Forde was...

Virus cases at 110

The Ministry of Health and Wellness said today Barbados’ tally of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases now stands at 110, after two people tested positive...

Arthur still in hospital

Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains a patient of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The 71-year-old, who was Prime Minister from 1994 to 2008, was admitted...

UPDATE: St George shooting victim dies

The Royal Barbados Police Force is investigating the shooting death of a man at Rowans, St George today.Police said about 7:45 a.m. an individual...

Tech hearing postponed

WASHINGTON – A congressional hearing on digital marketplace competition featuring the chief executives of four of the largest American tech companies has been rescheduled...

Shooting in St George

Police officers are at the scene of a reported shooting which occurred early this morning in Rowans, St George. Police public relations officer...

Somalian PM ousted in power struggle

MOGADISHU – Somalia’s parliament ousted Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in a no-confidence vote on Saturday, as a simmering power struggle between him and...

No Formula One races in the Americas this season

The cancellation of the U.S. Grand Prix is a big loss for Texas but Austin’s Circuit of the Americas will aim to attract more...

Crackdown on illegal migrants

PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago government Saturday said it would crack down on legal Venezuelan migrants engaged in illegally allowing their...

Met Office monitoring system, no threat at this time

Barbados Meteorological Services is closely monitoring an area of disturbed weather located near 11N 35W (2 700 km or 1 690 miles to the...