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Second stabbing death in less than 24 hours

A person of interest is assisting police with their investigations into a stabbing death earlier today in The City. Two men were in an altercation...

Stabbing victim identified

The man who died after an altercation at Fernihurst, St Michael, yesterday evening has been identified as Jamario Omar Holder. The 26-year-old of Block 7,...

MV Barima tragedy Inquiry likely to begin this month

GEORGETOWN – The Commission of Inquiry, appointed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the July 18 capsizing of the M/V “BARIMA” that resulted in the...

COB suspends CEO

Steve Belle, the long-standing chief executive officer (CEO) of the City of Bridgetown Credit Union (COB), has been suspended pending an internal investigation. Reliable sources...
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‘Long way to go in health battle’

It will be a long, hard fight against Barbados’ culture of abusing sugar and salt, but the Heart and Stroke Foundation says it is...

Virtual court starts next month

Virtual hearings will be rolled out at two Magistrates’ Courts from next month, in what Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Michael Lashley...

New DLP general secretary aims to unify party

The Democratic Labour Party continues to hold out an olive branch to former members in an effort to get them to return to the...

‘D’ big battle

Tiger Woods gets five-year driving ban

Tiger Woods has agreed not to contest a reckless driving charge as part of a deal with prosecutors, reducing the original charge of driving...

Nurse aces through to 16

CPL tickets far from sold out

COB suspends CEO

Steve Belle, the long-standing chief executive officer (CEO) of the City of Bridgetown Credit Union (COB), has been suspended pending an internal investigation. Reliable sources...

Eye on financial sector links

More support needed for breastfeeding mothers

The following is a submission by Aaliyah Lara, a member of Healthy Caribbean Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and a medical student at the...
 

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Traffic restrictions for Independence Day activities

Barbadians will celebrate 58 years of Independence and three years as a Republic with the staging of the Independence Ceremonial Parade and March, which...

Reifer and Campbell facing possible bans over Super50 failure

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Barbados Pride captain Raymon Reifer and skipper of the Jamaica Scorpions John Campbell, could be facing lengthy suspensions for their...

Nation celebrates Independence in style

Staff celebrate 58 years of Barbados’ Independence in Nation style at the Harold Hoyte & Fred Gollop Media Complex, Fontabelle, St Michael this morning. Many were seen indulging...

Modern Club celebrates in style

The Modern Ballroom Dance Club transformed the St Leonard’s Boys’ School auditorium into a spectacular ballroom last weekend for its 45th anniversary dinner, show...

Resident wants to own Pine unit

Twenty-one years after moving into her National Housing Corporation unit in The Pine, St Michael, Ingrid Ramsay is calling for the transfer of ownership in...

Jules seals it for Ellerton

The Rashad Jules masterclass was on full display as he scored a brace for his tenth goal of the Prime Minister’s Cup, leading Ellerton...

Thieves fined $25 000 each

But for the many health challenges affecting Sabina Isaie John’s 13-year-old son, she and her co-conspirator Petular Henry would have been facing jail time. “You...

Australian Senate approves social media ban on under-16s

Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its Senate approved the world's strictest laws. The ban - which will not take...

Police investigate shooting incident in Deacons Farm

The Barbados Police Service is investigating a shooting incident that occurred around 6:30 a.m this morning at Rosemont, Deacons Farm, St. Michael. According to police...

Massive drug bust leads to discovery of new Pacific trafficking route with “narco subs”

Authorities from dozens of countries seized over 225 metric tons of cocaine in a six-week mega-operation where they unearthed a new Pacific trafficking route...