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St Lucia elections scheduled for July 26

Castries – St Lucians will vote for a new government on July 26, after Prime Minister Allen Chastanet Monday night ended months of speculation...
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Four-day week an “overwhelming success” in Iceland

Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success" and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said. The trials,...
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Five new virus cases recorded for July 4

Five new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, one male and four females, were identified on Sunday, July 4, out of the 957 tests conducted by the...
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Abrahams to host press conference at 11:30 a.m.

Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, will hold a press briefing today at 11:30 a.m., to give an update following...
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Folau returns to rugby union

Australian dual code winger Israel Folau returned to rugby union, joining Japanese Top League side NTT Communications. The 32-year-old, a fundamentalist Christian, saw his contract with...
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Symmonds calls for national resilience plan against climate impacts

Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds, is calling for the implementation of a national resilience plan to shore up critical sectors...
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Dairy farms forced to dump milk

Dairy and poultry farmers are among those suffering the ill effects of Hurricane Elsa since last Friday. Chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society,...
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State Of Our Nation Episode 6: Building for Hurricanes

President of the Barbados Association of Professional Engineers (BAPE), Trevor Browne, joins multimedia journalist Colville Mounsey on this edition of State of Our Nation...
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Germany removing travel ban on people from UK

Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries. The restrictions, which also applied to people from...
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Grant leads bats in Under-19 trial

An unbeaten 74 from Kamario Grant topped half-centuries from Achilles Browne and Kwame Patton and lead Rivaldo Clarke’s XI to a three-wicket victory over...
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Fast ferry ‘could cut travel cost’

A fast ferry system could help to reduce the cost of intra-regional travel in the Caribbean, says Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM David Comissiong. However, he...
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Witness: I heard about 50 gunshots

He was “rolling a joint” at a liming spot, a witness recalled, when he heard a number of gunshots. “Shots did beating. I hear some...
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