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Grantley Adams Memorial Students set for cultural trip to Panama

Seventy children from Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School, along with teachers and relatives, are undertaking a major cultural trip to Panama this August 11...

Central Bank provides update on delayed salary payments

The Central Bank of Barbados has issued a further update on delayed salary payments affecting some workers following the transition to the BiMPay system. The...

Daughter cries as dad jailed

A daughter cried for her father Shayne Douglas Marshall yesterday as a judge jailed him for 14 years and denounced his raping a then...

Earthquake shifts political ground for Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez 

 Venezuela's strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez's early leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp...
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BARP sounds caution

Not only does the Barbados Association of Retired Person (BARP) not support the call for retired returning nationals to pay towards their own health...

Daughter cries as dad jailed

A daughter cried for her father Shayne Douglas Marshall yesterday as a judge jailed him for 14 years and denounced his raping a then...

MP tells of bank account blues

Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium...

Major blow to West Indies as Shai Hope ruled out with injury

Shai Hope has been ruled out of the first Test match for West Indies against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in...

Barbados launches new climate finance initiative with OPEC Fund

Barbados has partnered with the OPEC Fund for International Development to launch the Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Compact, a new initiative aimed at helping...

IMF $128m in the bag

NCF partners with Shakirah Bourne to bring Bajan Anansi tales into schools

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has partnered with Barbadian author Shakirah Bourne to publish Bajan Anansi, a new collection of Anansi tales that will...
 

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Gunmen get 12 years

Good men who have fallen to corruption and greed. That was how Justice Carlisle Greaves described Warren James Husbands, Martez Davidson Hackett and Corrie MaCaulay...

FSC uncompromising on governance

Newly appointed chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Sir Patterson Cheltenham, has issued a firm warning to all entities under the regulator’s oversight:...

Relief measures ‘now in place’

With Government's new fiscal year starting today, Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn says “everything is in place” for Barbadians to begin feeling the benefits...

DR Congo declares national holiday after reaching World Cup for first time in 52 years

Authorities in the Democratic Republic Congo have declared Wednesday a public holiday after the national football team qualified for their first World Cup in...

Trump administration to shutter historic Border Road between US and Canada

The US government will close a nearly nine-mile (14km) stretch of road from 1 July along its border that runs between Montana and Alberta,...

DLP calls for urgent review of school health issues

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is calling for a comprehensive review of schools, following a number of recent health and environmental issues. The DLP spokesperson...

UWU, BESCO dispute grinds on

The Barbados Energy & Sugar Company Inc. (BESCO) and the Unity Workers Union (UWU) continue to hurl accusations at each other as this year’s...

West Terrace celebrate NAPSAC glory

It was celebration time at West Terrace Primary School yesterday as staff and students toasted their success in last month’s National Primary Schools Athletics Championships...

Guyana to introduce automated passenger ID at CJIA

 The government says it will introduce an automated passenger identification system at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to reduce processing times for Guyanese...

Woods to ‘step away and seek treatment’ after crash

Tiger Woods says he is "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health" following an arrest after...