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Mottley: Barbados will continue to seek reparatory justice

Barbadians will soon be able to pursue postgraduate studies that place emphasis on reparations. As part of her statement on Emancipation Day today, Prime Minister...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

All-day Emancipation celebrations

This year's Emancipation celebration began with a drum call, dance and fire breathing. From around 8:15 a.m., the four groups converged at JTC Ramsay Circle,...

AC rides “Legends” to calypso crown

Adrian “AC” Clarke is the new calypso monarch of Barbados. AC won his fourth title with 330 points, performing the immensely popular Legends From The...
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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 was ’keeping firearm for old lady’

He was doing an old lady a favour by keeping her gun and he forgot he had it in his safe. This was the explanation...

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...

Sada Williams wins Commonwealth silver

Sada Williams delivered Barbados’ first medal of the Commonwealth Games, with a hard-fought silver in the women’s 400 metres in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The...

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’s life ‘a blessing’

It is not usual to find a centenarian still be married, but Esther Lilian Wickham certainly is. At their Cadogan Road, Grazettes, St Michael home...
 

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Commission clears way for payments to providers

The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has cleared the way for energy storage providers in the renewable energy sector to be paid thousands of dollars...

Top cop intent on arresting hike in firearms crime

While there was only a tiny increase in overall crime last year, gun-related offences have gone up significantly. Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce shared that...

Two men remanded on serious bodily harm charge

Two Christ Church men have been remanded to Dodds Prison after being formally charged in connection with a serious bodily harm incident. Derek Omar Tennyson...

Missing: Reginald David Phillips

The Barbados Police Service is appealing to the public for assistance in locating 83-year-old Reginald David Phillips, who has been reported missing. Phillips, of 10A...

Rape trial of MP Neil Rowe begins

Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams is among witnesses listed to testify in the rape trial of Member of Parliament Neil Gabriel Rowe. The case...

AG: Protect future harvest

The Community and the Church have a role to play in guiding and shaping the lives of young people, says Attorney General Dale Marshall. Delivering...

American YouTuber arrested in India after leaving diet coke for reclusive island tribe

Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American YouTuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian ocean and left an offering of a Diet...

N Korea holds first international marathon in six years

North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to the streets of...

British woman in Netflix’s Con Mum charged in Singapore

The British woman at the centre of a Netflix documentary on how she allegedly duped her son and left him in debt to fund...

Combermere take U-16 crown

Following great performances in the recently concluded Barbados Secondary Schools Athletic Championships (BSSAC), the Waterford, St Michael school is now the newly crowned Under-16 champions of...