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No more, please
After spending the last week on remand at HMP Dodds, 22-year-old Shamar Dottin is sure about one thing – he does not want to go back. “[It was] one of the worst experiences I ever had, Sir,” the young...
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Alternative route for Rockley residents
The impasse between residents of Rockley New Road, Christ Church and the contractor on the water pipeline project in their neighbourhood could soon be resolved. Officials from the Barbados Water...
View ArticleNO CHOICE
Subway’s days in Barbados appear to be numbered. Federick George of Alfundi Investment Limited, the company that brought the American fast food restaurant chain to Barbados more than four years ago,...
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Matter of choice
The Freundel Stuart administration has been formally asked to intervene to regulate the adult entertainment industry and bring an end to constant raids at strip clubs across the island. After holding...
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Tough break
Concerns including the fact that more women were living below the poverty line was one of the concerns that brought scores of women out on the streets of Bridgetown for a Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU)...
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Bim receives sustainable destination award
Barbados’ stellar marketing efforts in Germany have earned the destination a prestigious sustainable tourism award. The award was presented at the ITB Berlin, the leading trade fair for the worldwide...
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Sureties for theft accused warned
Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale warned two women who turned up to sign bail for a 30-year-old man that he would have no mercy on them if the alleged thief failed to attend court. Kyle Ramon McNeil...
View ArticleAnother jackpot winner announced
Super Lotto has another huge jackpot winner from Barbados, this time with over three million reasons to smile. Just over three weeks after the last winner was announced, the Lotto has been won again....
View ArticleWalcott takes first Gold Cup aboard Sayler’s Creek
The 2015 Sandy Lane Gold Cup has been won. A short while ago, Barbadian jockey Rico Walcott claimed the coveted race aboard Sayler’s Creek in the 34th running of the prestigious horse race at the...
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Savouring victory
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart was on hand this evening to share in Barbadian jockey Rico Walcott’s first Sandy Lane Gold Cup win. Walcott claimed the coveted race aboard Sayler’s Creek in the 34th...
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Glorious Day At the Races
The Bajan ‘green monkeys’ were out in their numbers today, so too were the ‘shaggy bears’, as well as scores of Barbadians and visitors. As usual, the Royal Barbados Police Force Band and the Sandy...
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STILL NO RELIEF!
Local hoteliers say they still have not been able to draw down on any of the relief promised to them by Government with the amendment of the Tourism Development Act (TDA) last year. In a statement...
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Two men injured during attack on St Joseph home
Harry Clement is nursing a gunshot wound to the chest One man was shot in the chest and another one struck in the head with a gun during an apparent burglary at Lammings, St Joseph early Saturday. The...
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Search for missing man comes up empty handed
A week after a massive search was launched for missing woman Karen Harris, a similar effort was mounted today in the hope of finding 31-year-old Sidneato Holford. However, at the end of the intense two...
View ArticleTeenager missing
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing girl. She is 15- year-old Shakilah Raneisha Pinder of Watts Village, St George. Pinder was last seen at Accra Beach, Christ Church...
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Search turns up 70 cannabis plants
They went in search of missing man Sidneato Holford, but instead they found 70 cannabis plants, ranging from seedlings to two feet tall. Today’s two hour search through the Belle Gully in St Michael...
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Effort on to raise awareness about Parkinson’s
Over 150 people – including walkers and runners — came together today in support of a good cause. The event, which started from the Mahaica playing field in Speightstown, St Peter – was aimed at...
View ArticleGasoline price up; diesel price down
Effective midnight, the retail price of gasoline increases slightly by one cent from $2.83 per litre to $2.84 per litre, the Ministry of Energy has announced. At the same time, the price of diesel...
View ArticleStudent abuse prompts review of free bus fare policy
Government will be reviewing its free bus fare policy to deal with students who abuse it. Word of that has come from Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley. “I think that we may have to take a...
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Be warned!
Drag racers beware! Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley has served notice that new legislation is in the works to deal with drivers who engage in the illegal activity. “These fellas that...
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