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Tridents battered

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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Buttler smashes England past Windies in second T20

Jos Buttler smashed a blistering 83 from 45 balls as England cruised to a seven-wicket win over West Indies in the second T20. The England...

We Gatherin’ 2025 celebrations commence on January 1

Barbadians in the diaspora are encouraged to Come ’Long Home for the food, the rich cultural heritage, liming with friends and family, and rekindling...

Multimillion-dollar Bathsheba construction halted

Five months after construction of what was supposed to be a multimillion-dollar mansion at the most picturesque site along Bathsheba, St Joseph, got under...

Moscow targeted as Ukraine and Russia trade drone attacks

Russia and Ukraine have carried out their largest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted...

Barbados marks Remembrance Day with parade and service

The legionnaires marched briskly.   So did the hundreds of Barbados Defence Force (BDF) soldiers, Barbados Police Service officers, and other military officials who paraded onto...

Fema official ordered storm crews not to help Trump voters

A Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) supervisor has been fired for telling staff helping hurricane survivors to skip houses displaying signs supporting Donald Trump. The...

Barbershop to boost security

It has been a little more than a week after masked gunmen spread fear and terror among patrons of King of Fades barbershop in...

BL&P says rentals to meet energy demand

The demand for electricity is growing at a time when there are insufficient batteries to store intermittent renewable energy produced by solar photovoltaic customers...

Salt century fires England to victory in first T20

Phil Salt powered a superb century to take England to a commanding eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the first T20 in Barbados. After a...

Kathleen, 100 and going strong

The years may have affected Kathleen Isabella Callender-Foster’s hearing and joints, but they have done nothing to put a damper on her long-term memory...