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Men charged with stealing from the Crown
Two men who allegedly stole 269 electronic tablets from the Barbados Revenue Authority appeared in court today and were granted bail in the sum of $60,000 each. Maintenance officer Adrian Dacosta...
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One man killed, three others injured in shooting
A man was shot dead and three people were injured when gunshots rang out at Train Line Road, Carrington Village, St Michael around 10:20 Thursday night. According to police, they received reports of...
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#BTEditorial – Masks are uncomfortable. Wear them.
It’s early days yet as Barbadians adjust to fewer restrictions and get on with life after a near three-month pandemic lockdown. Understandably, quarantine fatigue has seeped in and most of us are keen...
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Police identify man shot and killed last night
Police have identified the man who was fatally shot at Train Line Road, Carrington Village, St Michael last night. He is Henderson Rudolph Branch, 53, of Train Road, Halls Road. Three other people...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: One recovery; six remain in isolation
One of the seven people currently in isolation with COVID-19 will be released from the Harrison Point, St. Lucy facility, after recovering from the viral illness. There were no new positive cases among...
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Government day nurseries to reopen on Monday
All but one of the 15 public day nurseries, managed by Government, will reopen for the first time on Monday, July 20, after the COVID-19 shutdown. Marion Hall Day Nursery at Silver Hill, Christ...
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Parris admits to pocketing, laundering cash decade ago
Almost ten years after being charged with stealing more than a quarter million dollars from a client, attorney-at-law Cheraine Nicole Parris threw in the towel and admitted to theft and...
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Country has to adjust to a COVID-19 environment
Facing an overwhelming unemployment rate of close to 40 per cent, a dramatic decline in revenue and concerns over social decay, Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds said...
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#BTEditorial – Leadership in a crisis
Gene Klann in his book Crisis Leadership tells us that effective leadership “can rescue an organisation from chaos and deliver opportunities where before there were only disadvantages”. He posits that...
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Top staffer suspended
The state-owned Transport Board has placed its Financial Controller Felicia Sue on suspension. Sue, who four days ago appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament and once again...
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Leaders ‘accept’ regional airfare levies too high
High airline taxes, long blamed by many regional experts for their role in a slump in intra-regional travel, may, after all, have to be lowered, a Caribbean leader has hinted. But the realisation,...
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More support for Govt’s new visa plan
The Barbados International Business Association (BIBA) has welcomed Government’s proposed 12-month Barbados Welcome Stamp initiative. BIBA President Derrick Cummins told Barbados TODAY there were...
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Bajans miffed at JetBlue cancellation while US COVID-19 rates soar
Government’s sudden decision to cancel flights from the US is not sitting well with some Barbadians who were hoping to return home. Several Barbadians in the US called radio program Down to Brass Tacks...
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Successive govts ‘help pauperize’ black business
Every government in an independent Barbados, including the two-year-old Mottley administration, has failed Black-owned business, said the head of a UWI thinktank who has pleaded with the two-year-old...
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CCJ president in latest call for membership
The head of the Caribbean Community’s judicial tribunal has called for more countries to embrace it as its highest court of appeal which remains outside the jurisdiction of most CARICOM nations nearly...
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Some accommodation ‘to be converted to isolation centres’
Some hotels across Barbados are to become coronavirus isolation centres as the island expects an influx of visitors in coming weeks, some of them likely to be carrying the potentially lethal COVID-19,...
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Brisport denies assaulting policeman
Aron Brisport who is alleged to have committed several offences against a police officer within the precincts of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court yesterday has been remanded to Dodds. The...
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Murder #23…
Despite an over two-month national shutdown, Barbados is once again flirting with a record-breaking year of murder as the country’s 23rd slaying claimed the life of car body repairman Henderson Moonie...
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Celebration cancelled but festival ‘takes to screen’
Crop Over 2020 was cancelled by the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a group of producers and entertainers have joined forces to stage a virtual version of...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: Six remain in isolation
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