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Mottley: Barbados will continue to seek reparatory justice

Barbadians will soon be able to pursue postgraduate studies that place emphasis on reparations. As part of her statement on Emancipation Day today, Prime Minister...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

All-day Emancipation celebrations

This year's Emancipation celebration began with a drum call, dance and fire breathing. From around 8:15 a.m., the four groups converged at JTC Ramsay Circle,...

AC rides “Legends” to calypso crown

Adrian “AC” Clarke is the new calypso monarch of Barbados. AC won his fourth title with 330 points, performing the immensely popular Legends From The...
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CG ups support for blood collection

Almost two months after launching its Fuelling Hope Blood Drive, CG United has expanded its support for the National Blood Collecting Centre, reinforcing efforts...

Man was ’keeping firearm for old lady’

He was doing an old lady a favour by keeping her gun and he forgot he had it in his safe. This was the explanation...

Bill puts light on business owners

Government is seeking to tighten oversight of companies operating in Barbados through new legislation designed to expose the real owners behind businesses, strengthen corporate...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

Economic growth slows for Barbados

Barbados’ economy has now expanded for 21 consecutive quarters. However, with international uncertainty – especially the war in the Middle East taking a toll –...

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Centenarian’s life ‘a blessing’

It is not usual to find a centenarian still be married, but Esther Lilian Wickham certainly is. At their Cadogan Road, Grazettes, St Michael home...
 

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St Giles Nursery marks 18 with walk, road safety lesson

As St Giles Nursery School pupils prepare to explore their next theme on transportation, they took their first lesson to the streets yesterday in...

One dead, another injured in early morning shooting at Weston

Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday at Weston, St James. According to reports from the Holetown Police Station,...

Police seeking Justin ‘Gringo’ Jones for questioning

The Barbados Police Service is asking for the public’s help in locating Justin Omari Jones, also known as “Gringo” or “Elgringo”, who is wanted...

Ronnie Clarke dismissed by Starcom Network

Months of speculation about the status of Ronnie Clarke were put to rest today when news broke that he was dismissed by Starcom Network. Clarke,...

Light Show Protest Ahead of COP11 and Why it Matters for the Caribbean

Liza Katsiashvili Something out of the ordinary was noticed at the WHO’s COP11 venue last week in Geneva. A light show illuminated the building’s walls,...

LLA joins Liberty Caribbean Foundation in sending critical supplies to Jamaica

Telecommunications company Liberty Latin America (LLA) joined forces with the Liberty Caribbean Foundation to deliver essential humanitarian and technical supplies to Jamaica in the...

I was ‘put in’, fraud tells court

His was a situation that he had been “put in”. So said selfconfessed fraud Diego Jerome King when he reappeared in the No. 4 Supreme...

Salvation Army launches Christmas Kettle Appeal, declares Jamaica Relief Day

The familiar sound of the Salvation Army’s Christmas kettles returned to the streets of Bridgetown on Friday morning as the organisation officially launched its...

Traffic changes for Remembrance Day Service in Bridgetown

The Barbados Police Service has announced several traffic changes for the Remembrance Day Service and Parade on Sunday at the Cenotaph in National Heroes...

Make ‘people more resilient’

One of the Caribbean’s leading economists is urging Barbados and other islands in the region to establish public investment funds and pump more money...