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Iran wants control over some shipping in Strait of Hormuz

Dubai – Iran wants control over inbound shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and visibility over outbound traffic, with the ability to ​intervene if...

Persad-Bissessar announces joint army and police posts for 30 communities

Port of Spain – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is establishing joint army and police posts at 30 communities across the country...

Pakistan in control

Port-of-Spain – A superb batting display by Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam have left Pakistan in firm control of the second Test against West...

No incidents for Grand Kadooment

Commissioner of Police Sonia Boyce commended Barbadians and visitors for being on their best behaviour after the Flow 5G+ Grand Kadooment went off without...
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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...

Eight years for gun and bullets

Zico Renaldo Williams was jailed for eight years last Friday as a High Court judge declared a fine was not appropriate for his gun...

Bill puts light on business owners

Government is seeking to tighten oversight of companies operating in Barbados through new legislation designed to expose the real owners behind businesses, strengthen corporate...

Pakistan in control

Port-of-Spain – A superb batting display by Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam have left Pakistan in firm control of the second Test against West...

Economic growth slows for Barbados

Barbados’ economy has now expanded for 21 consecutive quarters. However, with international uncertainty – especially the war in the Middle East taking a toll –...

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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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Haynes appointed to ICC Men’s Cricket Committee

Cricket legend Dr. The Most Honourable Desmond Haynes has been appointed to the ICC Men's Cricket Committee, continuing the Caribbean’s strong presence on the...

German doctor charged with murder of 15 patients

A German palliative care doctor has been charged with murdering 15 of his patients using a cocktail of lethal drugs. Prosecutors in Berlin have accused...

Bail for cop on joint rape charge

Constable Edmond Winfield Barrow, 58, has been released on $25 000 bail and among his conditions on a joint rape charge is that he...

Digital system for magistrates’ courts

In an effort to move on from paper-based systems, the judiciary is launching a Judicial Information Management System (JIMS) to be deployed in the...

Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman

Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. It marks the culmination of...

Economist: Urgent response needed from region

Caribbean economist and macroeconomic adviser Dr Kari Grenade is urging Caribbean countries to take immediate and future actions to liberate the region “from the...

CXC to use more AI in operations

Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr Wayne Wesley, has offered reassurance to educators and administrators across the region, asserting that...

New CCJ judge sworn in

PORT OF SPAIN –  Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji was sworn in on Tuesday as a judge of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) with...

Porter reprimanded and discharged over stolen doors

As it was his first offence, he pleaded guilty immediately, did not waste the court’s time and the items were recovered, Acting Magistrate Bernadeth...

Protests erupt in Tunisia after three students die in school wall collapse

TUNIS –  Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Tuesday, demanding accountability, after three students died on Monday following a school wall collapse in the central...