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167 new COVID-19 cases
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory reported 167 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), comprising 78 males and 89 females, out of 2...
Mottley chides international community for failing to act
UNITED NATIONS – Barbados sought answers for several questions from the international community on Friday, ranging from climate change to a new world order...
PM Browne not impressed with stance of trade unions on vaccination...
ST JOHN’S – Prime Minister Gaston Browne brushed aside moves by trade unions and other organisations to legally challenge his administration’s “mandatory vaccination policy”.
Speaking...
UWI soars in latest global universities rankings
MONA – University of the West Indies (UWI) officials are celebrating their steady rise in the rankings of global universities.
From the global field of...
COVID-19 deaths rise to 64
The number of lives lost to COVID-19 in Barbados now stands at 64.
The latest casualty is a 55-year-old Guyanese woman, who resided on the...
British PM Johnson asks Australia to help resolve Ashes stand-off
MELBOURNE – British prime minister Boris Johnson asked his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison to ease strict quarantine rules to allow the families of England’s...
Tannis replaces Clarke as BPSA chairman
Business executive Trisha Tannis is the new chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA).
She replaced Ed Clarke, who did not seek re-election to...
CDC advisers back COVID-19 booster shots for those 65 and older
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An advisory panel of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States recommended on Thursday, a booster shot...
Thompson-Herah set to part company with coach and track club
KINGSTON – Two-time Olympic double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is ending her long-standing relationship with coach Stephen Francis and the MVP Track Club.
According to...
CDB helping development finance institutions serve creative sector better
A regional workshop being facilitated by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) was set to put development finance institutions (DFIs) in 13 countries in a...
Tropical Storm Sam forms
Tropical Storm Sam, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Thursday, with forecasters already predicting it will become a hurricane...
Respects paid to Grosvenor
Scores of footballers streamed into the Barbados Football Association’s AstroTurf facility in Wildey yesterday to pay respects to former Barbados player Sheridan “Rudy” Grosvenor.
The...