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Fire station needed!
MP George Payne speaking with residents about the need for a fire station. An early morning blaze which destroyed three houses at Belleplaine, St. Andrew, has led parliamentary representative for St....
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Almost out
A Barbadian awaiting deportation from the United States after being convicted and jailed for drug possession, has lost his latest round of court action against two senior American government officials....
View ArticleKudos to SSA
Management and staff at the Sanitation Service Authority have come in for high praise from Minister of the Environment and Drainage, Dr. Denis Lowe, for “the excellent work done for Crop-Over 2013”....
View ArticleUDC ready to fulfil promises
By next week, some Barbadians could be enjoying better housing conditions and an improvement in the road network in their communities. That’s because Government recently released $1.5 million to the...
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Wanted: Leadership
Barbados is lacking leadership and direction. That’s the view of a group of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, business owners and managers, public sector employees and academics, who say they have...
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FRESH PUSH
Barbados’ tourism officials are launching a fresh effort to boost traffic from the island’s main source markets amid new information showing another decline in arrivals. The Barbados Statistical...
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Pay up!
by Roy R. Morris Rihanna at her grandmother’s funeral. Veteran funeral home director, James Wilson, is suing superstar Robyn Rihanna Fenty over her alleged failure to settle a more than $300,000 bill...
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Splashing into summer
For the last few weeks they have been sweating it with just about every sport on the local agenda — from basketball to boxing and cricket to cheerleading. Today, however, more than 800 students...
View ArticleBack to our roots
\The economic downturn has facilitated increased investment in agriculture as the engine for economic growth in both the public and private sectors. So says Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and...
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Entrepreneurs vital to regional progress
Albert Ramdin of OAS calls on Senator Maxine McClean. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, has espoused the importance of a new entrepreneurial class to take the...
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Welby talks economics
A gift for the Prime Minister from the Archbishop. Matters relating to the island’s international business sector, the ongoing economic crisis and regional integration were among the issues discussed,...
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Reaching out
Byer-Suckoo and Port Ferdinand boss Bjohrn Bjerkhamm overlooking the project. In an effort to touch base with employers and hear their views on new legislation, the Ministry of Labour has embarked on a...
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GOING BIG
Minister Lashley (right) at the head table with his Permanent Secretary Ruth Blackman (middle) and the sponsors’ representative Margaret Allman-Goddard. As Government works to expanding the annual...
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North exposed
by Shawn Cumberbatch Dan Carsten measures a block during underwater survey. This is one literally for the history books. Having played a virtual second fiddle performance to Bridgetown and its Garrison...
View ArticleNo lower airfare without mergers
Barbadians and other Caribbean nationals crying out for cheaper air fares should not hold out hope of such an ease unless regional carriers, including LIAT, join forces. And Caribbean Development Bank...
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PM: Adjust operations
Toursim minister Richard Sealy chatting with PM Stuart. The Government of Barbados, which is the single largest shareholder in regional airline LIAT, thinks some criticism of the airline is...
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Bim borrows big
Signing for LIAT’s improvement. Barbados is shouldering the greatest financial burden of the four shareholder governments who together have borrowed US$65 million from the Caribbean Development Bank to...
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Not giving up
Chief Nursing Officer with Ministry of Health, Dr. Wendy Sealy The National HIV/AIDS Commission has a new chairman, who is promising the Government agency’s continued active role in the fight against...
View ArticleMissing body positively identified
It was the body of missing woman, Monica Marshall-Wilkinson, of Bagatelle Terrace, St. Thomas that was discovered last week at North Point, St. Lucy. The body of the 54 year old woman was positively...
View ArticleNUPW threatens lawsuit against NSC
The National Sports Council could be facing a major lawsuit following the dismissal of cricket coach, Milton Small, and netball coach, Jackie Browne, in early July. Acting Assistant General Secretary...
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