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No curfew or lockdown as COVID cases rise

Barbados has recorded just over 1 800 new COVID-19 cases over the last eight days, but there are no plans to shut down the...
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Grenada ends state of emergency, removes mask mandate

St George’s – One month before the state of emergency (SOE) was due to have expired, Grenada on Tuesday announced that it has revoked...
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Ukraine’s President tells UN of horrors of Russia’s invasion

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused the Russian military of carrying out the worst crimes since World War Two. He told the United Nations (UN)...
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432 new virus cases

Barbados recorded 432 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 186 males and 246 females, from the 1 715 tests conducted on Monday, April 4, by the...
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van Gaal being treated for prostate cancer

Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk says he wants to give coach Louis van Gaal “a World Cup to never forget” in Qatar later this...
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Fortnite maker raises $114m for Ukraine

Epic Games says that it has raised $144m in conjunction with Xbox, to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. The Fortnite maker announced on March 21...
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St Lucia iguana under threat

CASTRIES – St Lucia says it is taking “decisive steps” to quell the upsurge of the invasive iguana population on the island. “The issue of...
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Senate panel deadlocked on Supreme Court nominee

A US Senate panel has deadlocked in a vote to approve President Joe Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court, but she is set to...
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Reporting child abuse to become mandatory

Government is looking into making reporting child abuse mandatory, says Minister of People Empowerment Kirk Humphrey. During the launch yesterday of the inaugural recognition of...
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Coach: Carifta squad up to task

Barbados’ head coach Ramon Armstrong says the 18-member contingent set to represent the island at the 49th CARIFTA Games from April 16-18 in Kingston,...
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Judge praises mother for turning in son’s gun

A mother has come in for high praise from a High Court judge for refusing to be an enabler of her son’s crimes. The comment...
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Rastafarians want reparations

A Rastafarian group says Barbados’ two main political parties have wronged Rastas over the years and it is calling on the current administration to...
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