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Chancery Lane chain ‘must go’

The Barbados Wetlands Trust has given the owners of the Chancery Lane, Christ Church property seven days to remove the chain blocking public access...

Woman charged with cannabis offences, granted $45 000 bail

A 43-year-old woman has been charged with four cannabis-related offences after police seized 15.2 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis, with an estimated street value of...

Cave Shepherd eyeing expansion

Cave Shepherd & Company Limited is in expansion mode, with officials eyeing new business opportunities in Barbados and Guyana. This comes as the company reports...

Nine killed as small jet crashes on Florida street

A business jet crashed in a neighbourhood in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, the US transport secretary has said. The crash...
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Barbados praised for HIV progress

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Friday congratulated Barbados for eliminating the transmission of HIV from mother to child. It marks a major public health milestone...

Woman charged with cannabis offences, granted $45 000 bail

A 43-year-old woman has been charged with four cannabis-related offences after police seized 15.2 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis, with an estimated street value of...

Lashley: Bills include safeguards

Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Michael Lashley is reassuring Barbadians that the new Immigration and Citizenship bills will not open the floodgates,...

England Lions demolish West Indies ‘A’ to take first T20

Naavya Sharma snared four wickets, and skipper Thomas Rew blasted an unbeaten half century to lead England Lions to a lopsided eight-wicket win over...

Cave Shepherd eyeing expansion

Cave Shepherd & Company Limited is in expansion mode, with officials eyeing new business opportunities in Barbados and Guyana. This comes as the company reports...

Candace and Diana – that’s what friends are for

Candace Eng and Diana Batson-Prince were besties from the ages of 18 and 17 respectively. They attended college together, shared a lot in common,...

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Sam Nujoma, first president of Namibia, dies aged 95

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country's current leader has...

Lane: Recent gun violence by gangs not in peace deal

A surge in gun violence recently may be linked to a new set of feuding gangs, says Minister of State in the Office of...

Earthquake poses no tsunami threat to Barbados

An earthquake off the coast of Honduras earlier tonight poses no tsunami threat to Barbados. The quake was recorded at 7:23 p.m. Saturday at 17.8N...

$15 000 fine for road death

The death of individuals in road accidents “cannot and ought not to be trivialised”, a high court judge declared yesterday. “The deceased lost his life...

Trump signs order freezing aid to South Africa over land law

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order freezing financial aid to South Africa, after threatening to do so earlier this week. Trump said...

Brittons Hill crush Silver Sands

There were absolutely no surprises when Brittons Hill drubbed Abrahams United Silver Sands 6-0, while the University of the West Indies (UWI) Blackbirds finally...

Opposition Leader queries travel expenses

Produce the long overdue financial statement as to ministerial travel within the last year. Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne is calling for that, saying...

Beenie Man sorry for doubles ‘joke’

“I never disrespected Trinidad.” So said Jamaican dancehall icon Beenie Man (Moses Davis) as he apologised for his controversial comments about one of Trinidad’s beloved...

Family mourns dynamic son

Michael Power has the pain of a tight knot in his chest after losing his son in a road traffic accident yesterday. Twenty-seven-year-old Ramon Ryan...

Economist sees growth but high dependence a downside

Barbados’ economy is showing some “resilient economic growth”, but the country’s high dependence on the global economy is a significant risk. That is the assessment...