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Contractor fined $1,500 for assaulting senator

Michael Alphonsa Harris was placed on a bond to keep the peace for three months. The 56-year-old contractor of Seales Ave, Goodland, St Michael, was...

Customs services restored at GAIA Terminal II

Customs services at Terminal II of the Grantley Adams International Airport have resumed following the restoration of telecommunications service. The Barbados Customs and Excise Department...

Young cousins deported after illegal entry

Two Nigerian cousins have been fined and deported after admitting they entered Barbados on August 30 with falsified documents. Kindness Janjindu Sampson, 20, of Aba,...

Five killed in Miami plane crash were in two vehicles on ground, investigators say

The five people killed and five injured when an Amazon cargo plane crashed on landing at Miami International Airport were in two vehicles on...
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BARP president urges greater support for older women caregivers

Older women who continue to support adult children, grandchildren and other relatives are carrying a growing caregiving burden that needs greater attention, according to...

Contractor fined $1,500 for assaulting senator

Michael Alphonsa Harris was placed on a bond to keep the peace for three months. The 56-year-old contractor of Seales Ave, Goodland, St Michael, was...

Bees spent nearly three times as much as Dems in 2026 poll

The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) spent almost three times more than its main rival, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), in its bid to...

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Amazon Warriors lose Nabi, Gurbaz to international duty

The unbeaten Guyana Amazon Warriors have been dealt a harsh blow with the Afghanistan duo of Mohammad Nabi and Rahmanullah Gurbaz expected to play...

Tridents Women fall short

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CIBC Caribbean nets US$167m profit

Profitability has surged at CIBC Caribbean Bank Limited after positive revenue, loan and deposit growth. Chief executive officer (CEO) Mark St Hill has reported that...

COB suspends CEO

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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Suarez Circus left in limbo

A senior official with the Suarez Brothers Circus has described the abrupt Government ordered shutdown of their Botanical Gardens operation as a confusing and...

UPDATE: Accused granted bail

Randy Phillip Phillips was granted $3 000 bail and given two dates to return to court. Phillips, 30, of Reece Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael,...

Danger to society’ remanded

Declaring that Jeffrey David Yearwood was “a clear and present danger to society”, Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick remanded him to prison when he appeared...

State pushing for forfeiture of US$24 943 seized at airport

The State wants Gregston Ricardo Orlando Sealy to forfeit every cent of the US$24 943 he was caught with at Grantley Adams International Airport...

High winds as tropical wave approaches Barbados

A tropical wave approaching Barbados remains disorganised, and are no tropical storm watches or warnings in effect associated with this system at this time. The...

Man charged with having sex with a minor

UPDATE: Randy Phillip Phillips was granted $3 000 bail and given two dates to return to court. Phillips, 30, of Reece Road, Brittons Hill, St...

Wanted: Kemar Wharton

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Kemar Stephen Romel Wharton, alias “Moose”, who is wanted for questioning in connection...

Man pleads guilty to indecent assault

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged 33-year-old Jeffrey David Yearwood of Hothersal Turning, St Michael, with indecent assault. The charge relates to...

Small Craft and High Surf Warning issued for Barbados

The Barbados Meteorological Services has upgraded its Small Craft Advisory to a Small Craft and High Surf Warning as strong winds generate increasingly choppy...

IDB lauds fiscal progress, cites challenge

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economists believe Government will find it more difficult to achieve a fiscal target that is key to reducing the public...