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UWI Cave Hill celebrates 1,277 graduates

THERE WAS something different about the University of the West Indies’ graduation ceremony this year. The ceremony, themed “Built to Adapt, Ready to Lead –...

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia fired after five days on the job

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role just one week after United States President Donald Trump tapped her for...

Sandra Marcella Gittens is new Barbados ambassador to Cuba

Sandra Marcella Gittens is Barbados’ new Ambassador to Cuba, having begun the accreditation process following a meeting with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal. Gittens...

UWI Global Campus accredited until 2032

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Campus has been granted institutional re-accreditation by the Barbados Accreditation Council for the period 2026-2032, reaffirming...
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Doctor: Younger women becoming more at risk

Barbados has the highest breast cancer death rate in the world, with younger women also facing more aggressive forms of the disease, medical oncologist...

Sailor’s drug trial adjourned

The drug trial of Walter O’Neal Prescod was adjourned on Wednesday after the prosecution served additional evidence on his defence team. Prescod, a sailor, of...

BLP conference to focus on delivery

The Barbados Labour Party is gearing up for its 87th Annual Conference, with a view to taking stock of its present and future. At a...

West Indies Champions demolish Australia to reach final

 Sheldon Cottrell and Chadwick Walton led a rampant West Indies Champions side into the final of the World Championship of Legends with a commanding...

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FTC reviewing Flow’s latest price increase

Flow Barbados’ imminent price increase for some broadband and bundled services is being examined by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC). In a public notice yesterday,...

Major shift for Sagicor

Natalie Headley: She felt it. She fought it. She survived.

Given her family’s genetic history, Natalie Headley felt that one day breast cancer could eventually find her. And it did. But Natalie had long...

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Shai Hope with match-winning knock against India

Shai Hope made another magnificent century to lead West Indies to one of their greatest wins in T20 International history. The skipper made 102...

Rock-thrower fined

by Sandra Downes The man who stood beside Jackson Main Road and threw a rock at a vehicle earlier this week, has pleaded guilty. Jamar Renaldo...

Chapman Challenge launched 

The Chapman Challenge was launched today to much fanfare, with thousands of schoolchildren, along with educators, dignitaries, business leaders and members of Government, filling...

Man rescued from 20-foot well in Goodland

The Barbados Fire Service today completed a rescue mission at 2nd Avenue Goodland St Michael, pulling a 59-year-old man from a 20-foot deep well...

Talks begin after PSV strike

The PSV Workers Association and officials of the Transport Authority are locked in a meeting at the authority's Roebuck street offices following yesterday's wild...

Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says

The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has...

Enmore to undergo $390 million rehabilitation project

A number of departments and outpatient clinics at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) have been temporarily relocated to accommodate the expansion of the Enmore...

Escaped suspect in custody

Trishtan Antone Barker-Savoury, who was the subject of an escaped suspect bulletin issued on October 3, is now in police custody. The Barbados Police Service...

Man charged with criminal damage

Jamar Renaldo Hamilton, 41, of Ixora Crescent, St Thomas, has been charged with criminal damage and throwing stones on a highway. The Barbados Police Service...

Boyce honoured with Order of the Republic

Commissioner of Police Sonia Boyce has been bestowed with the second highest National Honour, the Order of the Republic. It was conferred this morning at...