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Customs staff to be off the job on Thursday
Staff of the Customs & Excise Department will be off the job on Thursday. However, it is not because of any industrial action. Acting General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers...
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Electric car company reports growth in Barbados market
With Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler scheduled to deliver his Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals on Monday, a Barbados-based British entrepreneur has expressed the hope...
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Island to ban advertising of alcohol, tobacco items
Barbados could soon be moving to ban all advertising of alcohol and tobacco products. That was one of the measures put forward by Caribbean delegates to help in the fight against Non-Communicable...
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Common Entrance results today
Over 3,500 primary school students who wrote this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) will know their results today. Minister of Education Ronald Jones has called a press...
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Promoters beware!
The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) has issued a reminder to all promoters of public entertainment events such as fêtes, shows and Foreday Morning Jam and Grand and Junior Kadooment bands that they...
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Common Entrance top 10 announced
The results are in for this year’s Common Entrance exam. And it would seem that the private schools are dominating the list of top 10 performers in the exam, which decides on places for over 3,000...
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The perfect gift
Here’s is Jasmine Simmons (center) celebrating with friends at St Angela’s Double celebrations for Jasmine Patricia Simmons of St. Angela’s. Not only is Simmons celebrating her 11th birthday, she...
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All smiles
St Winifred’s top performers Jemma Evelyn (left) and Zoe Stormes St. Winifred’s Jemma Jordan and Zoe Stormes could hardly contain their excitement as they received their Common Entrance exam results...
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Deputy principal not injured in ZR accident
The Deputy Principal of Springer Memorial, Adrian Clarke, says he was not a passenger in ZR125 when it overturned just off the River bus terminal in the City yesterday, leaving 21 passengers, including...
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Top boy ‘surprised’
Daunte Small (centre) is congratulated by his peers after learning he was the island’s top boy in the Common Entrance Examination. Daunte Small couldn’t believe he was the island’s top boy in the...
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Sage on $3,000 bail for beating ZR driver
A 25-year-old ZR conductor today pleaded guilty to unlawfully and maliciously wounding ZR driver John Trotman on June 4. Kistanie Kishmar Kistan Sage, of Melverton St George did so when he appeared in...
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Anxious Zoe in third spot
After completing the 11-Plus Examination on May 5, Zoe Stormes was a little worried she had finished both papers too quickly. And though she tried not to show it, the St Winifred’s student was...
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Sad move
The Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul, says it will be a tragedy for the sugar industry if the Sagicor-owned Barbados Farms Limited, one of the island’s...
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Swimmer Danielle happy with No. 4
National swimmer Danielle Treasure is known for her skills in the pool. Today, she also became known for her academic abilities when the results of the 2015 Barbados Secondary School Entrance...
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Tears, joy for schools of choice
Alystra Clarke’s sobbing could easily have been mistaken for disappointment with the news of which secondary school she would be attending, come September. But the Trinity Academy Christian School...
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At risk jobs
Hundreds of jobs in the fledgling renewable energy sector, specifically photovoltaic installation, are in jeopardy due to “a lack of clarity” in relation to a number of legal, technical and regulatory...
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Victory seventh for Kimani
You could say that Kimani Archer was in “seventh heaven” today. Kimani was the pride and joy of Blackman And Gollop Primary after scoring the seventh highest mark in this year’s Common Entrance...
View ArticleDriver of ZR125 charged
The driver of ZR125 which was involved in Tuesday’s accident at Nursery Drive Bus Terminal has been charged. Matthew Ricardo Daniel, 40, of Licorish Village, My Lord’s Hill, St Michael, will appear in...
View ArticleMagistrate places young men on curfew
Shamar Victor Corbin, 18, of Richard’s Land Bush Hall, St Michael, and Julius Demario Ramon Ifill, 22, a tree trimmer of Mangrove Park, St Philip, were both placed on curfew by Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleUnnatural death off Weston, St James
A 54-year-old St James man is this country’s latest sea fatality. According to police, Leroy Thompson, of Weston, lost his life after being hit by a speedboat around 10 45 this morning. Thompson was...
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