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DJ Puffy issues apology to female reveller and Notting Hill Carnival

Deejay Puffy issued a public apology today for the “public humiliation” he caused a female reveller who was climbing and dancing on light post...

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,...
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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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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...

Group demands justice for Breonna Taylor

LOUISVILLE – A group of heavily armed Black protesters marched through Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed...

No celebration at Golden Square

The Clement Payne Movement will commemorate Barbados’ Day of National Significance with speeches and cultural presentations on Sunday on CBC TV 8, commencing at...

Body of civil rights icon John Lewis makes ‘final crossing’ on bridge

Selma – The body of civil rights icon John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, decades after his “Bloody Sunday” beating there...

England in control of decider

MANCHESTER – Stuart Broad smashed a swashbuckling half century off just 33 balls before grabbing two wickets to put England in control of the...

Tridents target Gold Cup

A maiden appearance at the region’s biggest football tournament is the No.1 target for the Barbados senior men’s team once international play resumes.Head coach...

34% crime drop, says top cop

Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith is reporting that major crime declined by 34 per cent over the past six months compared with the same...

New CJ must erase backlog

Get the job done in the nation’s courts by eliminating the lengthy backlog of outstanding judgements.That’s what Bajans in North America want the Mottley...

Talk show host Regis passes

Regis Philbin, a familiar face to TV viewers as an energetic and funny talk and game show host who logged more hours in front...

Five more COVID cases in Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago recorded five new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.The Health Ministry disclosed the new cases in a statement...