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LIAT reinstating flights following industrial action

LIAT says it has recommenced flights and there are some changes in its schedule due to the industrial action which took place on Friday, November 10. “LIAT is working to reinstate flights and...

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Passengers say LIAT messed up their travel plans

Disgruntled LIAT passengers have been expressing their disappointment after a strike by the airline’s pilots left them stranded at the Grantley Adams International Airport for several hours. Leonora...

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BIM says Sinckler’s words border on being contemptuous

The Barbados Integrity Movement (BIM) says it has taken note of Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler’s statement in which he accused the local Fair Trading Commission (FTC) of stalling a deal on the sale...

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British snorkeler dies

Police are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 79-year-old British Visitor, which occurred sometime around 2:45 p.m. today. The visitor, a passenger on a cruise...

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Police constable and friend missing at sea

Police and members of the Barbados Coast Guard have launched a search for a 38-year-old police constable from St Peter and his 49-year-old friend from St Thomas, who disappeared off the rocks in the...

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College Land teen missing

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Richshad Renico Beckles of College Land, St John. He was last seen at home by his mother Vermadean Beckles sometime around 1:45 p.m....

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Sir Hilary calls for reparations for hurricane ravaged islands

Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, on Saturday made a case for reparations for Caribbean islands that were devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in...

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More Bajans help hurricane-affected UWI students

At least ten local households have so far offered accommodation to students of the UWI Cave Hill campus who were affected by the recent passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Deputy Principal, Professor...

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UWI students march against gun violence

“Books not Bullets” was the chant by the students of the University of the West Indies as they marched through Free Hill, Black Rock, St Michael on Saturday, against increasing gun violence in Barbados...

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Males outnumber females at SJPI

While it is fairly well known that females today outnumber males in many colleges, this trend has been reversed at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI). Principal Hector Belle...

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Dwindling numbers for Remembrance Day parade

Members of the Barbados Defense Forde, Royal Barbados Police Force, the Barbados Legion, the Barbados Fire Service, the Barbados Prison Service, the Girl Guides and the Boy Scouts, the Barbados Red...

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Maranatha SDA women pray for Barbados

The women of the Maranatha Seventh Day Adventist Church met today at the Accra Beach Hotel to lift Barbados up in prayer. The Women’s Ministry Leader Angela Springer told Barbados TODAY that the group...

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Maintaining QEH is no easy feat, says James

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) Dr Dexter James says it’s “no easy feat financially” to sustain the level and quality of services to the public. “Our expenditure to...

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Belmont Primary School to re-open tomorrow

The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation has advised parents and guardians of pupils attending Belmont Primary School that the school will re-open tomorrow, Monday, November 13....

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Police investigate drowning

Police are investigating the unnatural death of a 16-year-old student who drowned at a beach near Port Ferdinand, St Peter. (more details as they come to hand)

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Update: Police investigate drowning

A casual beach lime, following a cancelled cricket match ended tragically this afternoon for a 16-year-old Alexandra School student. The student, whose name has not been released by police, left the...

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Body of missing police constable retrieved from the sea

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 38-year-old police constable Wallace Hayden Odain Greenidge of Four Hill, Indian Ground, St Peter. Greenidge died sometime between...

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Grenadian national held with cocaine at GAIA

Members of the Drug Squad have arrested and charged a Grenadian national in connection with a number of drug-related offences committed at the Grantley Adams International Airport on Friday, November...

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Browne remanded to Dodds

A St Michael man appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court today on a string of firearm and drug related charges. Twenty-three-year-old Jamar Carlieous Browne of 2nd Avenue, Arthur’s Land,...

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Marshall pays $600 fine

Forty-seven-year-old Sylvester Marshall escaped spending time at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds after paying a $600 fine for the unlawful possession of cannabis. Marshall, of School Lane, Halls Road, St...

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