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Mbappe double fires Real Madrid to win at leaders Barcelona

Kylian Mbappe scored twice, including an 87th-minute winner, to earn victory for Real Madrid against Barcelona in El Clasico. Barcelona were aiming to set an...

BCFA calls for support for Cuba at UN

The Barbados Cuba Friendship Association (BCFA) has called on Caribbean nations to support Cuba’s resolution against the United States’ economic embargo when it comes...

Flash-flood watch discontinued

The Barbados Meteorological Services has discontinued the flash-flood watch for Barbados after the threat of flash flooding diminished. In a statement issued at noon today,...

Russia given first championships since Ukraine invasion

Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships - the first time an Olympic federation has chosen to stage a global event in Russia...
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Call to craft workplace policies for dementia

Alzheimer’s disease is now a workplace issue and Barbados will have to deal with it. Executive board member of the Barbados Alzheimer’s Association, Kaila Branch,...

‘DPP cannot be included’

The State has filed an appeal against a High Court decision that quashed a magistrate’s order sending former CLICO Life Insurance Company chairman Leroy...

DLP: Food bill a critical failure

The Democratic Labour Party’s spokesperson on Agriculture and Fisheries, Amoy Gilding-Bourne, has labelled Barbados’ food import bill a national security risk. Responding to the Weekend...

Mbappe double fires Real Madrid to win at leaders Barcelona

Kylian Mbappe scored twice, including an 87th-minute winner, to earn victory for Real Madrid against Barcelona in El Clasico. Barcelona were aiming to set an...

Push to shepherd netballers

Chicken Barn at 60 

For 60 years, the aroma of Chicken Barn’s rotisserie chicken has been part of everyday life in Barbados. What began on Bay Street has...

Power hike concern

Candace and Diana – that’s what friends are for

Candace Eng and Diana Batson-Prince were besties from the ages of 18 and 17 respectively. They attended college together, shared a lot in common,...

Best’s journey into dance

 

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Trump links Greenland threat to Nobel Peace Prize snub, EU eyes trade retaliation

U.S. President Donald Trump linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he no longer thought...

Social workers to visit pensioner facing eviction

The fate of Simon Ruck remains uncertain, but, for now, he is still staying in his rented, one-room space. Yesterday, the 65-year-old said he had...

Bradshaw says leadership crucial

Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw says Barbados now stands at a crossroads where leadership, experience and steadiness will determine how the country navigates an...

Two killed in separate accidents

Update A motorcyclist has died following a collision with a motorvan along Searles Road at its junction with Leadvale, Christ Church, on Sunday afternoon. Police at...

Avalanches kill eight skiers in Austrian Alps

Eight people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, following heavy snowfall and dangerous conditions in the region. Five...

Thorne says DLP ready to move into campaign mode

Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne says the Democratic Labour Party is prepared to move fully into campaign mode following the calling of the...

Campbelle’s calm half-century steers Guyana to victory over Jamaica in T20 Blaze

A composed, unbeaten half-century from Shemaine Campbelle guided Guyana Women to a four-wicket victory over Jamaica Women in the ninth match of the T20...

Third phase of BERT takes effect

Government will immediately implement what is being called “the third and most ambitious phase in the country’s economic reform journey”, and is banking on...

Symmonds: Global turmoil demands steady leadership

Warning that global power shifts and tightening borders were reshaping life in the Caribbean, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kerrie Symmonds told Barbados Labour Party...

Opposition leader says DLP ready as February 11 election called

Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne says the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is prepared for a general election, after Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley...