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Missing 17-year-old traced safe

A 17-year-old girl who was reported missing on Wednesday has been traced and is safe. Kymiah Paulesha Clarke, of Lot #56, Valley Drive, Constant, St...

Trinidadian man in New York pleads guilty to sex trafficking, admits kidnapping six women

A 33-year-old Trinidadian national and lawful permanent United States resident has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and admitted to kidnapping six additional women. The Department of...

GIS denies parent’s claims

The Government Industrial School (GIS) has responded to a parent’s allegations over the treatment of her teenage daughter published in yesterday’s Weekend Nation. Through a Barbados Government...

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa’s true size

The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The "Correct the...
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Move to protect health records

As Barbados digitises its health records and hospital systems, officials say the change must not leave anyone behind. At a public consultation Thursday night held...

Woman denies uttering false ID card

When she appeared before Magistrate Ketha Ellis in the District “B” Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Monique Annmarie McLean, of Beckwith Street, The City, denied...

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

Tridents ready for CPL home opener

Tridents men and women hard at training as home matches start Saturday Barbados Tridents men’s and women’s team have intensified their preparations for the upcoming...

Tridents battered

Nurse aces through to 16

CPL tickets far from sold out

Equity financing ‘a viable option’

Economist Professor Winston Moore is advising businesses and entrepreneurs concerned about the cost of capital to consider equity financing, where they access funding by...

COB suspends CEO

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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St Vincent govt: Buccament Bay deal not final yet

Kingstown – The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines says that notwithstanding Wednesday’s signing ceremony with Sandals Resorts International, it still owns the...

Abrahams: It’s better to be prepared

Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams has stood by Government’s decisions in relation to disaster preparedness leading up to the...

24-hour polyclinic service resumes Saturday

A notice issued through Barbados Government Information Service tonight said the 24-hour service at the Winston Scott Polyclinic, Jemmotts Lane, St Michael will resume...

Tropical storm warning discontinued, small craft advisory issued

The tropical storm warning for Barbados has been discontinued. Additionally, the small craft warning has been downgraded to a small craft advisory, while the...

Holding on to Hope

West Indies skipper Jason Holder has thrown his full support behind top-order batsman Shai Hope ahead of the final Test in the historic bio-secure...

People’s Monarch still on

There is no shortage of new local music on the airwaves this summer despite the cancellation of the Crop Over Festival.That’s why Starcom Network...

Sneaky move, says Franklyn

Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has questioned Government’s motives for an adjustment made to a section of the Remote Employment Bill, 2020, debated in the...

Ex-Gatsby three awarded $162 000

Three former employees of the upscale boutique of Gatsby Incorporated have been awarded just over $162 000 collectively by the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT).The...

Hurricane watch still in effect

Tropical Storm Gonzalo has weakened but a hurricane watch remains in effect for Barbados.A hurricane watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated...

Govt satisfied with efforts to prepare for hurricane

Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs Wilfred Abrahams said Government was satisfied with the level of preparedness, especially as it relates to...