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Adele teases new song

Adele released a snippet of her first new music for six years, and revealed that the full song will be out next week. The pop...
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Champion for people with disabilities passes on

People with disabilities are mourning the loss of longtime advocate Rose Ann Foster-Vaughan who passed away yesterday. Foster-Vaughan was born with cerebral palsy, but it...
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Judge tosses challenges to COVID Directives

The High Court has thrown out the matters, brought by trade unionist and Senator Caswell Franklyn and two small businessmen, challenging the constitutionality of...
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Police stop protest near Lionel C. Hill supermarket

Social activist Winston Clarke was this morning escorted to Central Police Station while he was trying to mount a one-man protest opposite Lionel C....
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Biden urges more U.S. businesses to require COVID-19 vaccinations

Elk Grove Village, Il. – United States president Joe Biden said on Thursday, more Americans businesses should obligate workers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, labelling...
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PAHO: COVID-19 still cause for concern, though cases in Americas decline

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) director Dr Carissa Etienne said Wednesday that while COVID-19 infections have generally declined in the Americas...
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Wilson is the only West Indian among T20 World Cup officiating...

Dubai – Trinidadian Joel Wilson will be the only West Indian member of the panel of 16 umpires and four match referees that will oversee...
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Guyana government cuts excise tax on fuel

Georgetown – Eight months after reducing the excise tax on fuel, the Guyana government announced a further cut that will see prices at the...
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Wounding accused remanded

The man accused of injuring two women in Broad Street, The City, earlier this week was remanded to prison, despite pleas for bail, when...
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Swim meet starts today

Barbados’ top junior swimmers will be in action today when the International Invitational meet starts at the Aquatic Centre. CARIFTA medallists Danielle Treasure, Keilani Talma...
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Offshore sector under fire

Barbados’ offshore sector is once again coming under international scrutiny with last Monday’s explosive release of what is being called Pandora’s Papers by the...
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Barbados pulls out of Americup

Barbados has withdrawn from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Americup 2021. The Barbados Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) was forced to make the tough decision...
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