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Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to Sir Garfield Sobers

With heavy hearts Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to the greatest player to ever grace the sport as the late Right Excellent...

Old sex cases brought forward

Justice Pamela Beckles has declared that she will be prioritising the trial of two sexual offence matters later this year because of their age. The...

Police seeking person of interest

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying and locating a person of interest who is wanted for questioning...
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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...

Old sex cases brought forward

Justice Pamela Beckles has declared that she will be prioritising the trial of two sexual offence matters later this year because of their age. The...

Govt should fast track legal opinion, says DLP

Government should be moving with urgency to get a legal opinion on the deduction authorisation for public officers that is creating anxiety among hundreds...

Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to Sir Garfield Sobers

With heavy hearts Barbados and the cricketing world bid farewell to the greatest player to ever grace the sport as the late Right Excellent...

Port reforms ‘could save $19m’

The Barbados Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is calling for a more collaborative and evidence-based response so that Barbadians can benefit from a...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Fees fuel bank profits

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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Drug trafficker set to learn fate

His attorney believes that Colis Arlington Paul should not get another day in prison after being on remand for more than five years. However, the...

Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping...

Pinnacle Feeds: No link to death of chickens

Managing Director of Roberts Manufacturing, Jonathan Hart, says there have been no findings linking their feed to the death of a farmer’s chickens as...

Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 164 with many trapped under rubble

A pair of powerful earthquakes that rocked Venezuela have killed at least 164 people, the country’s leader said Thursday as residents searched for loved ones...

Major blow to West Indies as Shai Hope ruled out with injury

Shai Hope has been ruled out of the first Test match for West Indies against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in...

Call to rethink workforce planning

Barbadians are being urged to rethink workforce development and economic planning, as the country faces the realities of a rapidly ageing population. The call has...

MP tells of bank account blues

Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium...

Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis

Barbados has the size to solve its own health crisis of noncommunicable diseases, and the food industry is being called on to help make...

Spinner bowls Lodge to victory

by PHILIP HACKETT A penetrative spell of off-spin bowling from Donicko Wilson complemented a disciplined batting performance by captain Z’dari Scantlebury and inspired Milo Lodge to...

Gunman told: Bring money

A High Court Judge has warned a self-confessed gunman to come prepared to pay any fine in full. “If a fine is considered, you have...