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Wanted: Kemar Wharton

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Kemar Stephen Romel Wharton, alias “Moose”, who is wanted for questioning in connection...

Man pleads guilty to indecent assault

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged 33-year-old Jeffrey David Yearwood of Hothersal Turning, St Michael, with indecent assault. The charge relates to...

Small Craft and High Surf Warning issued for Barbados

The Barbados Meteorological Services has upgraded its Small Craft Advisory to a Small Craft and High Surf Warning as strong winds generate increasingly choppy...

IDB lauds fiscal progress, cites challenge

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economists believe Government will find it more difficult to achieve a fiscal target that is key to reducing the public...
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CG ups support for blood collection

Almost two months after launching its Fuelling Hope Blood Drive, CG United has expanded its support for the National Blood Collecting Centre, reinforcing efforts...

Man pleads guilty to indecent assault

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged 33-year-old Jeffrey David Yearwood of Hothersal Turning, St Michael, with indecent assault. The charge relates to...

Death penalty could apply under new bill

Barbadians convicted of domestic terrorism that results in a death could face the death penalty or life imprisonment, Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams told the...

Holder stars as Patriots secure first CPL win

Jason Holder performed another match-winning feat when he bowled St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to a crucial victory over Saint Lucia Kings in the...

IDB lauds fiscal progress, cites challenge

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economists believe Government will find it more difficult to achieve a fiscal target that is key to reducing the public...

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Centenarian Eunice celebrates with family

Eunice Kirton, one of Barbados’ newest centenarians, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 20, surrounded by the large family she raised and the community...
 

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Teen and minor charged in string of school burglaries

Police have arrested and formally charged 16-year-old Jalanie Junior Jaquez Skinner of Coles Cave, St. Lucy, along with a minor, in connection with a...

Trump signs bill combating deepfakes and revenge porn

US President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that makes posting so-called "revenge porn" and deepfake explicit content illegal. The Take It Down...

Strong 2024 for ANSA Merchant Bank

ANSA Merchant Bank (Barbados) Limited is reporting a “strong” performance in 2024. One highlight of the year was the $4.57 million profit recorded, which is...

Sealy blasts $300 ‘vote grab’

The $300 solidarity allowance is nothing more than “a naked, crude . . . votegrabbing exercise” by a Government that has an unholy alliance...

Comedy of Bajan ‘adult’ errors

A smooth-talking philandering pastor struggling with demons of temptation, a husband broken under the weight of a demanding, demeaning wife, and a construction worker...

France to open high-security prison in Amazon jungle

France will build a new high-security prison in its overseas territory of French Guiana to house drug traffickers and radical Islamists, the country's justice...

Financial institutions rake in big bucks

Financial institutions which hold the savings of Barbadian households and businesses earned $198.6 million in profits last year. The bulk of the income, $186.5 million,...

Flood Watch extended for Barbados

The Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) has extended the Flood Watch for Barbados. The decision comes amid ongoing unstable weather conditions, including upper-level divergence and...

Use of communication devices prohibited at polling stations

Voters in the St. James North constituency are reminded that all communication devices, including smartphones, smartwatches, and smart pens, are prohibited within polling stations...

Friends of Democracy to become a full political party

The Friends of Democracy intends to hold government officials accountable and keep them on their toes. First vice chairman Ricardo Harrison gave that pledge after...