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Celebrating 70 Years of supporting Barbadian businesses

For 70 years, the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) has been helping to shape how we work in Barbados. Most of us know the BEC for...

BARP set to bring abuse protocol

The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) is set to introduce a formal reporting protocol for elder abuse, a move intended to create a...

Jordan wants more mentorship programmes

Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector Colin Jordan is calling for serious mentorship programmes for Barbadian young men as males face...

More than 250,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain

Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in south-west France as strong winds push flames towards the city of Bordeaux, with one official saying they...
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Research must drive better health care

Medical research and practical medicine must meld seamlessly to the benefit of the public. This was the consensus during the opening ceremony of the 25th...

Man to pay $15 000 for home-made gun

All of Clive Christopher Hutson’s “creativity” will be destroyed and he now owes the No 5A Supreme Court a further $10 000 after he...

Jordan wants more mentorship programmes

Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector Colin Jordan is calling for serious mentorship programmes for Barbadian young men as males face...

WI out to honour Sir Garry against Pakistan

West Indies and Pakistan meet in Tarouba today for the start of a two Test series and the latest chapter in one of Test...

Celebrating 70 Years of supporting Barbadian businesses

For 70 years, the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) has been helping to shape how we work in Barbados. Most of us know the BEC for...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Fees fuel bank profits

50 years championing a cause

For 50 years, the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD) has been at the forefront of advocating for a more inclusive and accessible Barbados,...
 

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Stadium work to start next week

Large scale excavation work is scheduled to get under way by next week for the rebuilding of the National Stadium at Waterford, St Michael. Joyann...

T&T PM: No state resources will be spent on searching for gang members at sea

PORT OF SPAIN – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says state resources will not be wasted searching the sea for bodies of members...

Region ‘behind on AI’

Caribbean people must become uploaders, not downloaders, if the region is to capitalise on artificial intelligence (AI) opportunities, especially in relation to the creative...

Police probing attempted robbery of CPL players

A group of men, including two cricketers representing St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL),were attacked by a gunman outside...

Badminton glory for Bajan team

It was a proud moment for Shuttlers Badminton Club and Barbados when their five players and officials returned home yesterday after capturing an impressive...

NUPW demands action after attack on SSA worker

The National Union Of Public Workers (NUPW) is calling for greater protection for sanitation workers after one of them was attacked last week during...

Businessman ‘Tom’ Grant passes on

Barbadian businessman Thomas (Tom) Grant has died. Grant, who was ailing for some time, passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital yesterday morning atage 81.  Grant...

Princeton student freed from Iraqi militant captivity

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian citizen and a Princeton University student who has been held captive by Shiite militants in Iraq since March 2023, has...

Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace for the first time

Poland’s military said early Wednesday that it had shot down drones that violated its airspace during a Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the first time...

Royals Women upbeat to face TKR in second CPL clash

Barbados Royals Women head coach Ryan Hinds was full of praise for his team after their opening victory over Guyana Amazon Warriors in the...