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Ann Hill four make history
Four students of the Ann Hill School were rewarded for creating history at the institution. They were the first from the school for special needs students to acquire a Caribbean Examination Council...
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Guard charged with stealing from Transport Board
A Transport Board guard is facing six charges of stealing money from that statutory corporation. Daryl Randolph Griffith of River Bay, St. Lucy denied three of the charges when he went before the...
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Lawmen are investigating an incident, which left two young men nursing gunshot injuries. Police public relations officer, acting assistant superintendent of police David Welch told Barbados TODAY an...
View Article‘Troubling’
A former minister of social care has expressed shock at recent allegations of sexual and physical abuse involving children in Barbados. According to reports a father and a rural community were enraged...
View ArticleSuing the Bar
The umbrella body for lawyers in Barbados is being sued by one of its own senior attorneys for defamation. Queen’s counsel Vernon Smith told Barbados TODAY this afternoon he was drafting a pre-action...
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Sinckler offers advice to incoming Trinidad PM
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has advised the leader of the newly-elected People’s National Movement (PNM) government in Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley that there is no magic wand that will...
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Albert’s surety withdraws
A man who stood as surety for an offender who pleaded guilty to two offences and was granted bail only weeks ago, sought permission from the court today to withdraw from this role. Permission was...
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Axcel Angels give to students
Students at three primary schools in St Michael got a surprise today when they received some school supplies from an Axcel Finance (Barbados) Limited team. Students from a cross section of the Eagle...
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Police chief to face class action suit
Having withdrawn their contempt of court charge against Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith, sport shooter Bernard Chase and his colleagues have promised to continue a class action suit...
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Jones defends UWI policy amid falling enrolment
Minister of Education Ronald Jones has maintained that Government’s tertiary education tuition fee policy was necessary or the number of students would have had to be restricted because the Freundel...
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Waldron jailed for stealing a bottle of rum
It was off to jail for a 56-year-old car washer today, after he failed to pay a $750 fine imposed on him by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant. David McDonald Waldron of Gunsite Road, Brittons Hill, St...
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Wounding case dismissed
A young couple was advised today to ‘walk away’ before something worse happens between them. The advice came from Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant as she addressed the pair in the District ‘A’...
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Stuart tours affected areas in Dominica
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart arrived in Dominica earlier today to a warm welcome from his counterpart Roosevelt Skerrit to get a first hand look at the destruction left behind by Tropical Storm...
View ArticleHelping hand
Barbados is to make a cash contribution to Dominica’s rebuilding efforts following the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Erika on August 27. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, who is also the Chairman...
View ArticleAll clear
The issue that had resulted in confusion among supermarket operators regarding the new basket of goods and what items would now attract 17.5 per cent value added tax (VAT) has been resolved following a...
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Man pleads guilty to attacking friend
Man pleads guilty to attacking friend After getting into a fight with his good friend, Damien Ruehl Browne pleaded guilty today to assault. The Codrington Hill, St. Michael resident went before...
View ArticleAt last
After waiting for several months, tourism-related businesses finally have access to concessions on more products used by the industry, as promised by Government more than a year ago. Up to yesterday,...
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Stories surrounding recent killing denied
The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) today denied reports surrounding its investigation into the island’s most recent murder. Speaking to Barbados TODAY via telephone earlier, police public relations...
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Bumper winter season predicted
Barbados is preparing for a busier than usual 2015 winter tourist season with more than 200,000 passengers forecast to pass through Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) during December alone....
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Woman fined $800 for cell
After being charged with the offence of dishonestly assisting with the disposal of a stolen $800 cell phone four years ago, a St Michael woman was found guilty today. Sandy Nicole Williams of Upper...
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