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Explosion at Aquatic Centre

Fire officials and ambulance personnel are on the scene of an explosion at the Aquatic Centre, Wildey, St Michael. A number of loud explosions were...

Government planning dedicated school bus fleet

Government preparing to establish a dedicated school bus fleet. During a media conference at the Ministry of Transport and Works' temporary headquarters in The Goddard...

Four primary schools to undergo major upgrades

Four primary schools will undergo major infrastructural upgrades as the Ministry of Education Transformation begins the first phase of its school transformation programme this...

Fairchild Street stabbing victim identified

The man who died after being stabbed near the Vendors Market on Fairchild Street, St Michael, on Wednesday morning has been identified as 42-year-old...
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‘Long way to go in health battle’

It will be a long, hard fight against Barbados’ culture of abusing sugar and salt, but the Heart and Stroke Foundation says it is...

Woman denies uttering false ID card

When she appeared before Magistrate Ketha Ellis in the District “B” Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Monique Annmarie McLean, of Beckwith Street, The City, denied...

New DLP general secretary aims to unify party

The Democratic Labour Party continues to hold out an olive branch to former members in an effort to get them to return to the...

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Tridents ready for CPL home opener

Tridents men and women hard at training as home matches start Saturday Barbados Tridents men’s and women’s team have intensified their preparations for the upcoming...

Tridents battered

Nurse aces through to 16

CPL tickets far from sold out

Equity financing ‘a viable option’

Economist Professor Winston Moore is advising businesses and entrepreneurs concerned about the cost of capital to consider equity financing, where they access funding by...

COB suspends CEO

Eye on financial sector links

More support needed for breastfeeding mothers

The following is a submission by Aaliyah Lara, a member of Healthy Caribbean Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and a medical student at the...
 

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Tighter security for Crop Over last lap

On Kadooment Day special attention will be given to certain areas along the jump route that traditionally require heightened monitoring, including Eagle Hall Junction, Black Rock...

Pic-O-De-Crop Finals return to National Botanical Gardens

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has announced a new location for the 2026 Courtesy Garage Pic-O-De-Crop Finals, following a meeting with calypsonians tonight. The competition...

List of 2026 Pic-O-De-Crop finalists

The calypsonians who will challenge Mr Blood in the 2026 Courtesy Garage Pic-O-De-Crop Finals, powered by Q100.7 FM, were announced early this morning. The finalists,...

US singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over London nightclub incident

U.S. ​singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of affray over what prosecutors ‌described as a bottle attack on a producer...

NBA superstar LeBron James to join Philadelphia 76ers

LeBron James has announced he will be joining the Philadelphia 76ers next season for what he says will be his final contract in the...

Heat drives rush for ACs, fans

As Barbados braces for intense heat in August, retailers are reporting stronger demand for fans and air conditioning units from households and businesses. Earlier this...

Man to pay $4 000 for kicks, stones

The kicks that Peter Luther Jordan administered to a man three years ago cost him a total of $4 000 when he reappeared in...

Minister praises tourism workers

All the credit for Barbados earning top tourism awards rests firmly on the hard-working men and women in the industry, says Minister of Tourism...

Lawmakers push for AI ‘kill switch’ after OpenAI models go rogue

US lawmakers want to give the government the ability to quickly order the turning off of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that may threaten the...

IDB Invest announces strategic partnership to support Caribbean growth

IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) says it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Trinidad-based ANSA...