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BWA making connections in Gibbons, Christ Church
Traffic and water supplies will be disrupted on Friday in Gibbons, Christ Church, where Barbados Water Authority (BWA) crews will be making new connections...
Afghan female footballers seeking asylum
LAHORE – Players from Afghanistan’s female youth soccer teams have arrived in Pakistan and will seek political asylum in third countries amid concern over...
Pandemic deeply impacting children and adolescents, PAHO director says
WASHINGTON – Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr Carissa Etienne said on Wednesday, COVID-19 has severely impacted the mental and physical...
Johnson reshuffles Cabinet
LONDON – British prime minister Boris Johnson reshuffled his senior ministers on Wednesday, appointing his party’s first female foreign secretary and urged his government...
Welcome Stamp a tourism ‘lifeline’
The Barbados 12-month Welcome Stamp programme has proven to be the saviour for the island’s tourism as the number of short-stay-visitors plummeted in the...
BAMC workers to be paid for unfair dismissal
Four senior employees axed from the Barbados Agricultural Management Company Limited (BAMC) during the BERT restructuring programme are to be paid for being unfairly...
COVID-19 ‘widens inequality gap’ in education
A study done by a team of researchers from The University of the West Indies’ Cave Hill Campus shows that the coronavirus pandemic has...
Holding retires from full-time cricket commentary
LONDON – Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding retired from full-time broadcasting after more than 30 years behind the microphone.
Holding, 67, worked for...
Sydney Burnett-Alleyne dies
Barbadian Sydney Burnett-Alleyne has died.
It was reported that he passed away in a London hospital earlier today, one week after suffering a heart attack....
Jamaica agriculture minister resigns over mask-less appearance at social
KINGSTON – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green resigned on Wednesday and apologised to the people of Jamaica after he was caught on...
Olivier Cox laid to rest
Late founder and principal of the former Metropolitan High School Olivier Cox was today hailed by members of the school’s alumni association as their...
Drakes leads Patriots to first CPL title
BASSETERRE – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are the champions of this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20.
The Patriots claimed the title for the...