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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...

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...

‘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...
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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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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail for third time in sex-trafficking case

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail for the third time by a judge in New York City. Two judges previously denied Mr Combs's release...

CTUSAB proposes lower retirement age for Protective Services and nurses

The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) is calling for an urgent reform to the retirement age for members of...

CWI announces women’s squad for multi-format series in India

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announces the squad for the West Indies Senior Women's tour of India for a multi-format series...

PAHO urges Caribbean countries to maintain Mpox surveillance, genomic sequencing

Following the detection of a Clade I variant case for the first time in the region, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says countries...

GAIA Inc.’s Director of Operations wins prestigious global award

Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. (GAIA Inc.) proudly announces that its Director of Operations, Mr. Piétrick Voyer, has been honoured with the prestigious Airport...

Hennessy Artistry off this year

There will be no Hennessy Artistry this year. Senior brand manager at Bryden Stokes Ltd, the distributor of Hennessy in Barbados, Rasheed Wharton confirmed that...

Nyssa Pierre no longer CWI communications manager

Trinidadian Nyssa Pierre's short stint as the Cricket West Indies' (CWI) communications and media manager has come to an end, as she confirmed her...

Drake takes legal action over Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us

Drake has launched legal action against Universal Music accusing the label of artificially boosting streams of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track against him, Not Like...

Trump names new trade envoy after threatening tariffs on partners

US President-elect Donald Trump says Jamieson Greer will be his trade representative after he takes office on 20 January 2025. The announcement came after Trump...

Grenada Parliament to introduce the use of AI from next year

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada Parliament will introduce artificial intelligence (AI) tools next year and legislators will be encouraged to make full use...