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One house destroyed, two damaged in fire
Fire, of unknown origin, destroyed a one bedroom house and damaged two others at 1st Ave, Beckles Hill, Beckles Road, St Michael, in the wee hours of this morning. Around 1:40 a.m. a neighbour heard...
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Christ Church shooting leaves one man dead
Police are at this moment investigating a shooting in Christ Church which has left one man dead. More details as they come to hand.
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UWI digs into agri-business with China
Opening the doors of the Confucius Institute in Cave Hill not only put a physical form to the academic and cultural exchanges going on between people of Barbados and China for the past two years, but...
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UPDATE: Christ Church shooting leaves one man dead
The body of 19-year-old Ajay Ricardo Smith of Sayers Court, Christ Church, was discovered sometime after 6 a.m. today on the hard court opposite the St Christopher Primary School in Christ Church....
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Seven injured in St Peter accident
Seven people were injured in an accident which occurred sometime around 1:55 p.m. today along Gibbs Road, St Peter. Police said a minibus, driven by 47-year-old William Sealy of Crusher Site Road,...
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LIAT protest off
LIAT services across the region will not be disrupted tomorrow, the airline’s management has assured. The Leeward Island Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) had threatened to stage sit-ins at various...
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Sinckler chastises local banks
“Unfortunate and unwarranted” is how Finance Minister, Christopher Sinckler, has described a decision by local banks to suspend work on transactions for real estate and related activities. Their...
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Why, Sparman?
Local cardiologist Dr Alfred Sparman is refuting claims by a Grenadian family that he failed to properly care for a heart patient three years ago, resulting in the man’s death from a heart attack....
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Revised Road Traffic Act due after budget
The long promised changes to the Barbados Road Traffic Act will go before Parliament soon after the 2017-2018 Budgetary Proposals slated for May 30, says Minister of Transport and Works (MTW) Michael...
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NEB no more
With the Freundel Stuart administration examining state-owned entities with a view of merging or disposing of some of them in an effort to curtail spending, the National Employment Bureau (NEB), the...
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Fire strikes
What was once a comfortable home for Fabian Agard is nothing more than a pile of rubble after fire made an unwelcome stop in the sleeping community of Beckles Road, St Michael in the wee hours...
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LIAT strike threat off
Passengers who feared cancelled flights and missed connections tomorrow due to industrial action by LIAT pilots no longer have to worry. The airline’s management has assured that there will be no...
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No easy end to dollar peg, says economist
Barbados may have no choice but to keep its currency peg to the United States dollar, since ending it could be “a very painful experience”, according to a top international economist. While steering...
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Byer-Suckoo chided for benefits comment
The island’s largest public sector trade union is questioning the wisdom in making it difficult for people who lose their jobs to receive unemployment benefits. Responding to a comment made Tuesday by...
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Guy wants updated insurance laws
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Kester Guy is calling for updated legislation to govern the insurance industry here. Though not saying if the sector were at...
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Roger Hutson remanded
A 42-year-old man was remanded to prison when he appeared in the District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court today on firearm and ammunition charges. Roger Ricardo Hutson of #115 Welches Terrace, St Thomas, was...
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Licence suspended
The driver responsible for the accident that claimed the life a 19-year-old eight years ago, Wednesday had his licence suspended for six months, and was ordered to pay $3,000 to the High Court. Madam...
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Two confess
The parents of two Lester Vaughan School students watched helplessly Thursday as their children were whisked away – one to Her Majesty’s Prison, Dodds, the other to the Government Industrial School...
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Red flag
The manager of a popular Crop Over band is warning that the high cost of Kadooment costumes is driving locals away from participating in the big jump-up. The caution had come from Jason Zeddo, of...
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10-year-old dies following visit to the beach
Police are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of 10-year-old Nikan Legall of Maxwell Hill, Christ Church. Around 5:55 p.m. on Thursday, Legall was at Maxwell Beach...
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