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School term officially starts on Monday

Following a week of in-service planning for administrators and teachers, the 2026–2027 school year will officially begin for students on Monday, September 7. According to the Ministry of Education...

Ministry warns residents to take precautions following fire at metal dump

The Ministry of Health and Wellness wishes to advise the public that emergency services are responding to a fire at the metal dump in...

Bajans urged to stay hydrated as heat persists

With apparent temperatures around 45C, the Barbados Meteorological Services is advising members of the public to stay hydrated, wear light clothing, and avoid direct...

Dancing her way from Barbados to Germany

By Cheryl Harewood Jianna Fagon has reached a significant height in her career and is following her dream of making it big in the world...
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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

Tridents battered

Barbados Tridents were roughed up and left Warner Park bruised, battered and beaten by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots who produced a stunning batting...

Nurse aces through to 16

CPL tickets far from sold out

Equity financing ‘a viable option’

Economist Professor Winston Moore is advising businesses and entrepreneurs concerned about the cost of capital to consider equity financing, where they access funding by...

COB suspends CEO

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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Some still wary despite all-clear wary clear

While some St Lucy residents are cautious about their tap water, others are not convinced that the water is suitable to cook with or...

18 months for contrite car thief and attacker

Richard Alexander Alleyne, 46, of no fixed place of abode, was sentenced by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes to a total of 18 months in...

World Bank expands lifeline to Caribbean countries hit by disasters

The World Bank says it has expanded its lifeline to the Caribbean and other small countries struggling to rebuild from disasters, allowing them to...

Amazon launches Temu and Shein rival with ‘crazy low’ prices

Amazon has launched a new outlet called Haul which caps the price of products on sale at $20 (£15.79), in an effort to take...

Tyra Trotman announces shift to Barbados Labour Party

Former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) member Tyra Trotman, an attorney-at-law, in a statement issued today, has announced her decision to change her political affiliation...

Pope Francis meets Prime Minister of Barbados

Pope Francis on thursday morning received the Prime Minister of Barbados in audience in the Vatican. A statement released by the Holy See Press Office...

Ponzi’ scheme crashes

An investment scheme which financial regulators and some senior Government officials recently warned Barbadians about has reportedly crashed and left thousands with major financial losses. Faced...

Roy Haynes, a giant of jazz drumming, passes away at age 99

Roy Haynes, among the greatest and most influential drummers in the history of jazz, died on Tuesday in Nassau County, N.Y., on the South...

Bankers upbeat about economy

The Barbados Bankers Association has given a thumbs up to the country’s growing economy. Two weeks ago, governor of the Central Bank Dr Kevin Greenidge...

Update: Victim of Farm Road shooting dies in hospital

Police have confirmed that one of the victims of the shooting incident that took place on Thursday, November 7th, at Farm Road, St. Philip,...