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Dip in UWI numbers just a phase
The Pro Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus, Professor Andrew Downes, has expressed optimism that enrolment numbers will go up...
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Denny: Summit designed to sway leaders against Venezuela
Today’s meeting of Caribbean leaders and US President Barack Obama was designed to sway regional leaders against Venezuela ahead of this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Panama, local activist David...
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Fee plea
Operators and haulers in the solid waste disposal business are calling on the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) to reverse the proposed $25 tipping fee. The new fee, which was delayed by one month,...
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FIX IT!
A senior official of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is calling for “some creative destruction” of Barbados’ education system. Pro Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development at the Cave Hill...
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Different fates for men accused of having marijuana
When police executed a search warrant at Corey Omar Reid’s Pool Land, St John residence, they found a wrapping with marijuana on his bed and another one in a pants pocket, along with some cannabis...
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Two injured in Christ Church accident
Two men are lucky to be alive after the car they were travelling in was severely damaged in an accident this afternoon. Otis Bute, 34, of Gemswick, St Philip was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital...
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Serious bodily harm case dismissed
A case against Ryan Ricardo Belle was dismissed today for want of prosecution, due to the death of the complainant. Belle, 23, of Reed Street, St Michael, went before Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale...
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LET US TRY
The umbrella body for secondary school principals wants to step in to mediate in the dispute between the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) over...
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Wanted men jailed
Wanted men Ricardo Winfield Mayers and Pearson Omar Jordan have been sentenced to nine months behind bars. Mayers, 30, of Bannister Land, Martindales Road, St Michael and 32-year-old Pearson Omar...
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Union demands money and tribunal date for ex NCC workers
The island’s main public sector trade union is making two new demands on the Freundel Stuart administration. Acting general secretary of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Roslyn Smith said in...
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Prime land
The Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) is in negotiations with CLICO judicial manager Patrick Toppin of Deloitte Consulting to persuade him to free up 2,000 acres of plantation lands owned...
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FTC upgrade
A complete upgrade is coming for legislation governing the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) and the Office of Public Counsel. Acting Prime Minister Richard Sealy said it followed recommendations Cabinet...
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Opposition MP urges Government to re-examine domestic energy sector
Parliamentary Representative for St George North Gline Clarke today expressed the view that the domestic energy sector should have been fully liberalized during the last seven years. Speaking as the...
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Mottley talks clean-up campaign
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has indicated that she will be embarking on a plan she hopes will at least help Barbadians to feel better about themselves despite the economic challenges. And she is...
View ArticleJamaican charged with drug offences
A Jamaican national is set to appear in the District A Magistrates court today on four drug related charges. Dwayne Sylvester Phillips, 26, has been charged with possession of cannabis, possession with...
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Bajan Chums
Over 300 Canadians arrived here on Saturday for the 30th edition of the CHUM FM Breakfast in Barbados promotion. The enthusiastic visitors were greeted by pulsating tuk band rhythms and stilt walkers,...
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Postmaster General retiring
Acting Postmaster General, Nigel Cobham (left), presents a retirement gift to outgoing Postmaster General, Jewel Brathwaite. Former and current colleagues, family and friends turned up last night at...
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BLP celebrates 77th anniversary
The Barbados Labour Party today marked its 77th anniversary with a service in Holy Innocents Anglican Church, St Thomas. Party Leader, Mia Mottley, recalled activities of the Opposition party last...
View ArticleMan found hanging in home
Police are investigating the death of 67-year-old Lester Dash who was found hanging in his 3rd Avenue Parris Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael residence this morning. Dash, a former ancillary worker with...
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Thief pleads guilty
Serial thief, 54-year-old Ricardo Browne will spend the next 36 months behind bars. Browne, of Woodbourne, St. Philip pleaded guilty to 13 counts of theft as he appeared before the Oistins...
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