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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...

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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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Residents repeat call for removal of dilapidated house

The dilapidated house at Laundry Road, Garden Land, St Michael, which residents relentlessly called for to be demolished has partially collapsed, due to the...

Bali flights cancelled due to dangerous volcanic ash

Several airlines have cancelled flights to and from Bali due to dangerous ash clouds from a volcano near the Indonesian holiday island. Qantas, Jetstar and...

Two men charged with multiple offences

The Barbados Police Service has formally charged two Christ Church residents in connection with a series of serious offences. The accused, 19-year-old Roshawn Jaeir...

Barbados Statistical Service hit by cyber incident

The Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) has confirmed it was the victim of a cyber incident last month. According to an official statement, the breach...

Bynoe-Sutherland takes up new position in Ghana

Barbados' First Resident High Commissioner to Ghana, Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, has presented her letters of credentials to President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It took...

Trump picks Musk to advise on how to ‘dismantle’ bureaucracy

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk to lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) for his incoming administration. He announced that...

Study shows worrying crime trend

Criminologist Kim Ramsay has sounded the alarm on a disturbing reversal in homicide trends in Barbados, with her latest crime study revealing a resurgence...

Talk-show host Walter Blackman has died

Talk-show host Walter Blackman has passed away. The popular moderator on Starcom Network’s Down to Brasstacks call-in radio programme died earlier today, after an illness. He...

Mother and four children perish in blaze

GEORGETOWN – Police say they are conducting a “thorough investigation” into an early morning fire on Tuesday that has claimed the lives of five...

19.5% of Barbados youth unemployed

Official data indicates youth unemployment in Barbados has fallen over the past year. However, with the jobless rate among young people at 19.5 per cent...