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Barbados to get $48m more from IMF

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board has given the green light for Barbados to immediately receive another $48 million, which would bring to...
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Omicron spreading across Europe

The Omicron variant is “spreading at lightning speed” in Europe and will likely become dominant in France by the start of next year, French...
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Safe return ‘main priority’

Cricket West Indies has praised the Nicholas Pooran-led squad for completing the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan despite a COVID-19 outbreak in the...
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Crop start for mid-February

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir is projecting an early start to next year’s sugar crop. He told the House of Assembly yesterday...
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Bradshaw: Do the right thing

Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly, Santia Bradshaw, yesterday strongly condemned the strike action being taken by nurses who are part...
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Request for report on killer

With the possibility of life in prison on the cards for two of the self-confessed killers of Barbados Defence Force Private David Nicholas Blenman,...
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Barbados launches Helpline App for children

Closures, frequent testing and strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols are the tried and true measures the Child Care Board will be maintaining into...
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55 new COVID cases

Fifty-five new COVID-19 cases, 27 males and 28 females, were identified from the 1 207 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health...
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Elderly woman succumbs to COVID

A 96-year-old woman is the most recent person to die from COVID-19. She was unvaccinated and passed away at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility on...
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Queen’s Park repairs almost done

The $200 000 Queen’s Park restoration project is well on the way to completion. Yesterday, general manager of the National Conservation Commission (NCC), Ryan Als,...
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Delay in NIS pension cheques

Pensioners who receive cheques via the National Insurance Office will experience delays for the upcoming pension period. In a notice issued on Friday, the NIS...
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Horse racing for vaccinated fans

Horse racing is set to become the first sport in Barbados to be granted permission for spectators since Government introduced the latest COVID-19 directives. The...
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