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Male juvenile to appear in court

A male juvenile has been arrested and charged in connection with several offences alleged to have been committed on October 4 during the Walk...

Scotiabank’s Suzette Armoogam-Shah is new head of Bankers Association

Suzette Armoogam-Shah, Country Head, Scotiabank (Barbados) Limited has been appointed President of The Barbados Bankers Association (TBBA). A seasoned financial services executive with leadership experience...

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...
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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

Scotiabank’s Suzette Armoogam-Shah is new head of Bankers Association

Suzette Armoogam-Shah, Country Head, Scotiabank (Barbados) Limited has been appointed President of The Barbados Bankers Association (TBBA). A seasoned financial services executive with leadership experience...

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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Hurricane Melissa triggers 100% payout from World Bank Catastrophe Bond for Jamaica

The World Bank says the Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of US$150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage. In a statement on...

BAMP warns of child obesity crisis

Barbados is facing an urgent health situation that could condemn a generation of young people to early heart disease, diabetes and stroke if childhood...

US to boycott G20 in South Africa, Trump 0says

Donald Trump has said the US will not attend the G20 summit in South Africa over widely discredited claims that white people are being...

New typhoon bears down on Philippines days after deadly storm

The Philippines is bracing for the arrival of another potentially devastating typhoon, less than a week after a different storm killed at least 200...

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...