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Up and onward
Combermere secured their spot in the quarterfinals of the Barbados Secondary Schools Under 19 knockout competition win a comfortable 3-0 victory over Frederick Smith at Waterford, St Michael this...
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White Hill protest
It has become an all-too familiar story for residents of White Hill, St Andrew. The seemingly endless extensive land slippage, water shortages and an impassable main road that was condemned by the...
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Drinks manufacturer says extend health tax
A leading beverage manufacturer is advising Government to expand the list of unhealthy foods subjected to higher taxes as a means of reducing consumption of such foods. Commercial Manager of SMJ...
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Child Care Board reports progress in resolving abuse cases
The Child Care Board (CCB) is reporting breakthroughs in a number of cases being investigated by the state agency. However, Chairman Kenneth Knight would not disclose which cases had been fully...
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UPP alleges postal fraud
The United Progressive Party (UPP) is alleging that something fishy is going on at the post office which rises to the level of postal fraud. UPP candidate for St Michael East Paul Forte is charging...
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Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has again stood defiant in the wake of a series of downgrades, telling party supporters Barbados could not be downgraded by any rating agency. “No rating agency in the...
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Garbage dispute takes a new turn
The messy dispute surrounding the dump at Lower Estate, St George has taken a new turn. Owner of the quarry and Chief Executive Officer of Project Recycle Anderson Fat Child Cherry has called in the...
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House Speaker in new legal dispute with client
For the second time in three years, Queen’s Counsel Michael Carrington, who is also Speaker of the House of Assembly, has found himself before the law courts over a money dispute with one of his...
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Trio held for Bulkeley robbery
Three 30-year-old men, who allegedly robbed the supervisor at Bulkeley Plantation in St George last month, have been remanded to HMP Dodds until December 12. Jermaine Kenneth King, of No. 274, 4th...
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Walker denies stealing lumber from church office
A 54-year-old man, accused of stealing $299 worth of lumber from the East Caribbean Conference of Seventh Day Adventists on November 15, has been remanded to prison. Ron Ricardo Walker, of no fixed...
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Gag order
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur said today there was only one gift he would love to purchase outspoken Government minister Donville Inniss for Christmas, and that is a political ‘gag’. At the same...
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Both BLP and DLP neglected St Peter, candidate suggests
Former Barbados and West Indies Under-19 cricket captain Dave Cumberbatch came out swiping last night as he delivered his maiden speech as the ruling Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) candidate for St...
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It wasn’t us
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) today fiercely denied it was behind allegations on social media that Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler owns a $2.5 million house at Rolling Hills, St George....
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Police investigate accident at Lodge Hill, St Michael
Police are investigating an accident involving a car and motorcycle at the junction of Lodge Hill, St Michael that occurred just after 8:30 p.m. (more details as they come to hand)
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Final goal
It will be a case of defending champions versus former champions. However, regardless of the outcome the 2017 Barbados Secondary Schools’ Under-19 netball title will be climbing a hill come Thursday...
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Hazell off to jail instead of rehab
Twenty-two-year-old Ron Damien Anthony Hazell might have expected today to be ordered to undergo drug rehabilitation at Verdun House. Instead, when the Gills Road, St Michael man went before Magistrate...
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Burglar wanted to put roof over unborn child’s head
A serial burglar put forward a most extraordinary defence today, but still could not avoid jail time. Thirty-nine-year-old Corey Antonio Morris, of Stuarts Land, Bush Hall, St Michael, told Magistrate...
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Case against businessman in limbo
The case against a local businessman charged with falsely passing slippers and t-shirts as Puma products, remains in limbo after the prosecutor indicated he was not familiar with the probe into the...
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Economic hope
If the nine-month-old United Progressive Party (UPP) wins the next election, there will be no massive layoffs of public servants, no sale of loss making state owned entities such as the Transport Board...
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UPP willing to consider IMF borrowing relationship
Two weeks of economic consultations between Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended today with officials mum on the details of the closed-door Article 1V discussions. However, were...
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