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Kane ends England’s 25-year Ballon d’Or wait

Harry Kane has become the first English player to win the Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world's best...

Update: Six injured in collision at Crumpton Street

Six people, including a public service vehicle (PSV) driver, were taken for medical treatment following a collision involving a PSV and a motor van...

Cuba urges support for UN resolution against US embargo

Cuban Ambassador Yanet Stable Cardenas said the United Nations General Assembly will debate Cuba's resolution against the United States embargo tomorrow, with the vote...

Tourism urged to look beyond traditional source markets

Tourism stakeholders gathered at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Two Mile Hill, St Michael, for the Minister’s State of the Industry 2026 address. Barbados...
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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,...

Fondler ordered to pay $8 500

Four years ago, he fondled a 12-year-old girl’s breast and last week, Christopher O’Brien Harris was sentenced for his crime. With a starting point of...

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...

Kane ends England’s 25-year Ballon d’Or wait

Harry Kane has become the first English player to win the Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world's best...

Push to shepherd netballers

Tourism urged to look beyond traditional source markets

Tourism stakeholders gathered at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Two Mile Hill, St Michael, for the Minister’s State of the Industry 2026 address. Barbados...

Chicken Barn at 60 

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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New initiative to support network for Caribbean entrepreneurs

The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it has partnered with RevUP Caribbean to launch the RevUP Founders Growth and Community Support Network, regarded as...

Police identify man killed in altercation

The Barbados Police Service has identified 63-year-old David Leacock of Marl Hole Gap, Halls Road, St. Michael, as the man who died following an...

Fire at NISS building

Fire at the National Insurance and Social Security building at Culloden Road, St Michael causes staff to evacuate. More details as they come.

Bar: Don’t pass bills without regulations

The Barbados Bar Association (BBA) is urging Parliament not to pass new citizenship and immigration legislation without accompanying regulations. Addressing the Joint Select Committee (Standing)...

Body not found, ex-cop tells court

A former lawman has testified that he was present when accused Winfield Nurse spoke to then Inspector David Griffith about pushing his granddaughter’s body...

Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit

US President Donald Trump has said he has an "obligation" to sue the BBC over the way a section of his speech was edited...

Concern over two-year citizenship

Questions are being raised about Government’s plan to reduce to two years the period in which Barbadian citizenship can be attained. The Barbados Bar Association (BBA)...

St. Philip man charged with firearm and ammunition offences

A 20-year-old St. Philip man has been charged in connection with firearm-related offences. Jahquar Shacorey-Najah Lewis of Carrington Land, St. Philip, was arrested and...

Four potential obstacles in House vote to end US shutdown

A day after the US Senate passed a spending bill to end the longest-ever government shutdown, the budget fight now moves to the House...

Sagicor gets Fitch upgrade

Sagicor has received a credit rating upgrade from Fitch Ratings. On October 21, the global credit rating agency announced that it “upgraded Sagicor Financial Company...