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Gooding-Edghill: No confirmed cases of monkeypox

There are no confirmed cases of monkeypox in Barbados, but the Ministry of Health and Wellness remains on the alert. Additionally, a sample has been...
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Sunak wins first round of Tory battle

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has won the first round of voting by MPs to choose the next Conservative leader and prime minister. He got 88...
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Shooting at President Kennedy Drive

One man is confirmed injured in the wake of a shooting incident at 2nd Avenue Thomas Gap, President Kennedy Drive, St Michael. He left the...
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COVID-19 Update for July 12

A total of 240 COVID-19 cases, 105 males and 135 females, were identified on Tuesday, July 12, from the 707 tests carried out by...
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Guyana: Two life sentences for rapist

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A High Court judge had sentenced a 36-year-old labourer to two life terms in jail after he was found guilty of...
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Jamaica government extends maternity leave for public workers

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government on Tuesday announced that maternity leave for public sector workers will increase from 40 days to three calendar...
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Conservative party starts search for new leader

Tory MPs are to cast their first votes in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as party leader – and prime minister. After nominations closed,...
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Sri Lanka president flees country

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis. The country’s air force confirmed the 73-year-old...
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Hope aiming to get it right

Prolific West Indies One-day International batsman Shai Hope is hoping that a change of pitch will bring him and the Caribbean side better fortune...
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Ward still to be questioned

The departmental inquiry into the Government Industrial School (GIS) has lasted past the six-week period because one of the female wards has not yet...
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Youth admits to role in killing

A third youngster yesterday threw in the towel and confessed to his part in the incident that left bread man Hayden Mayers dead four...
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Call for senior day care centres

President of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) Marilyn Rice-Bowen wants to see senior day care centres established in the country. Speaking during an...
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