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Reparations activists meeting next week in Barbados

Barbados will host a major international conference on reparations next week. Organisers said activists from around the world will be in the island working on...
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Coroner: Give officers tasers

The hierarchy of the Barbados Police Service is being urged to issue tasers to all police officers to prevent a recurrence of the events...
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Hosts tipped to rule CAC

There will be a mountain of muscle at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre for the next three days and host country Barbados is hoping...
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Changes coming for Open Campus

Major changes, including the “right-sizing” of staff, are in the works for the financially troubled Open Campus of the University of the West Indies...
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Ready to revel

The numbers may not be as high as in previous years, but revellers are still coming in for the last lap of the Sweetest...
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Vettel announces retirement

Budapest – Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel announced on Thursday his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the season, saying his goals...
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Hetmyer returns for T20Is vs India

Left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer was named on Thursday in a 16-member West Indies squad for their series of five Twenty20 Internationals against India and the...
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COVID-19 update for July 27

Health authorities identified 330 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday in Barbados. According to a media release issued through the Barbados Government Information Service, 136 males...
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COVID-19 claims three lives

Health authorities indicated on Thursday that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed the lives of three more people. According to a media release issued through...
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U.S. economy shrinks again sparking fears of recession

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter, with consumer spending growing at its slowest pace in two years and...
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Privy Council dismisses appeal filed by T&T AG regarding Bail Act

Port of Spain – The London-based Privy Council dismissed on Thursday an appeal by the Attorney General that sought to determine whether Section 5(1)...
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Biden pledge to tax wealthy and companies revived

Washington, D.C. – A campaign trail promise of President Joe Biden to increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy as part of a battle...
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