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Court reprimands father who left son on Mount Fuji

A father has been reprimanded by police after leaving his son on Japan’s highest mountain for several hours with just a soft drink and...

St Lucia staging national exhibit for underwater sculpture park

Castries – St Lucia is set to unveil its first National Exhibition for the development of one out of three Underwater Sculpture Parks, offering...

Matthew Forde to the fore with five-for in Kings’ victory over Kingsmen

Matthew Forde delivered the best bowling display of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) so far this season as he singlehandedly wrecked the...

All eyes on Bulldoze

By Lindon Yarde Can the rampaging Bulldoze defy 135 pounds and close off with a beaver-trick as he goes in pursuit of more success? On what is effectively...
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Officials: Take extra care against measles

Barbados is being urged to tighten its defences against measles as the Americas confront their worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in more...

Man charged after 13.6kg of cannabis seized

A 27-year-old Christ Church man has been charged with trafficking and importing cannabis after police seized 13.6 kilograms of the drug with an estimated...

Nicholls touts law’s value to national security

There is no need to fear that a law seeking to collect information on travellers will criminalise anyone. The proposed law, said Minister of Home...

Matthew Forde to the fore with five-for in Kings’ victory over Kingsmen

Matthew Forde delivered the best bowling display of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) so far this season as he singlehandedly wrecked the...

All eyes on Bulldoze

BCA hails Matthews, Greaves

‘70% of workers disengaged’

Barbados could be losing $1.6 billion a year to disengagement and lost productivity in the workplace. That is the “conservative” estimate of new research by...

Bajans deeper in debt

Mortgages rule loans sector

Quinn embracing future with AI

He translated poor science grades through the “grind” of his renewed determination to become a data and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist. Though veterinary medicine caught...
 

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Caribbean Govt’s spending priorities

When governments draw up budgets, they signal not just what they can afford - but what they value. In the Caribbean’s largest economies, the...

Climate financing ‘falling short’

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Daniel Best has heard a lot of talk about the region getting more climate financing but is yet to...

‘They’re weak’: Israelis back conflict with Iran in neighbourhood struck by missile

Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, has long been a stronghold of support for Israel's right-wing governing coalition. In the early hours of Sunday...

Yearwood wants judicial reform

In the wake of a recent court ruling on a constitutional breach arising from a judge’s delay in giving a decision, University of the...

Fatal shooting in The Ivy

Update: Police have identified the man fatally shot in The Ivy, St Michael, early Monday morning as 39-year-old Anderson Calderon of North Close, Wildey,...

Common Entrance results to be released tomorrow

The wait is almost over for students who sat the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination last month. Officials from the Ministry of Educational Transformation are...

Fuel price changes take effect from midnight

Barbadians will see mixed adjustments at the pump from midnight Sunday, June 15. Gasoline will drop by three cents to $3.93 per litre, while diesel...

Fogging Schedule: June 16 to 20

Districts in Christ Church and St Philip will be fogged this week, when the Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness...

UK sending more RAF jets to Middle East

More RAF jets are being sent to the Middle East amid intense fighting between Israel and Iran, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer...

Fire at former Family Planning Building

Update: A fire broke out at the abandoned family planning building on Bay Street earlier today.   Three fire tenders and a team of 14 officers...