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Kemar Roach to be honoured for 300-Test wicket milestone

Cricket West Indies (CWI) will honour Barbadian fast bowler Kemar Roach for reaching the milestone of 300 Test wickets during the innings break of...

Update: Victim of fatal Hutson Alley shooting identified

Thirty-year-old Jameson Fields of 3rd Avenue Chapman Lane, St. Michael has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Hutson Alley, St....

BRA advises early land tax payment

Barbadian property owners are being encouraged to pay their land tax bills as early as possible to take advantage of discounts offered by the...

Two confirmed dead as search and rescue operations continue

The Guyana government Sunday night confirmed that the bodies of two people had been found and the search and rescue operations continue for at...
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BAMP: Take that back, Santia

The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) is calling on Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw to withdraw comments that a “medical mafia” could influence...

Guilty of assaulting girl, 12

Christopher O'Brien Harris, of Thornbury Hill and Lower Carter’s Gap, Christ Church, has been convicted of indecently assaulting a 12-year-old girl four years ago. He...

Govt finalising debt swap for health

Government is moving to finalise a debt-for-social swap targeting health, as it confronts an escalating non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis in which 42 per cent...

Kemar Roach to be honoured for 300-Test wicket milestone

Cricket West Indies (CWI) will honour Barbadian fast bowler Kemar Roach for reaching the milestone of 300 Test wickets during the innings break of...

$25m loan boost for CWI

Fees fuel bank profits

Commercial banks are consistently making a large share of their profits from fees, including $152.6 million collected in 2025 from what they charged Barbadians. After...

50 years championing a cause

For 50 years, the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD) has been at the forefront of advocating for a more inclusive and accessible Barbados,...
 

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‘Fix productivity puzzle for growth’

Barbados and other Caribbean countries can unlock more economic growth, but first they must fix the complex, yet surmountable, productivity puzzle. Key to this is...

Mental Health Advocate Tessa Chaderton-Shaw has died

Prominent mental health advocate Tessa Chaderton-Shaw has passed away. Shaw, who has held several high-level leadership roles related to public welfare and drug prevention in...

De Announcer: Review judging system

Calypsonian Ronnie De Announcer Clarke is calling for a review of the judging system used in the Pic O De Crop (PODC) competition. In an interview with Weekend Buzz following the...

Two killed following gold mine incident

PARAMARIBO – Police said that a second person has died at the Academic Hospital in Paramaribo following the tragic incident on Sunday at the...

Holder shines in IPL again

Jason Holder keeps impressing cricket fans watching the Indian Premier League (IPL). The West Indian again stood out with impressive figures of four wickets for...

Bajans flock to seek jobs with Disney Cruise Line

More than 140 Barbadians turned out last week for an information session on employment opportunities with Disney Cruise Line, signalling strong interest in overseas...

Rudy Giuliani in critical condition in hospital

WASHINGTON - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been ​hospitalised and is in "critical but stable condition," ‌his spokesperson said on Sunday. The...

‘Need for’ freedom of information law

Freedom of information legislation will allow people to ask tough questions and demand answers. Group senior executive at RJRGleaner Communications, Gary Allen, made the point...

Daughter’s diagnosis big blow

The family of Noi Jemmott is facing a financial nightmare after a diagnosis of acute leukaemia and a treatment path which entailed her being transported...

Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, the World Health Organization (WHO) has...