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Today’s weather
The central Atlantic high pressure system is the dominant feature across the island today. It will be fair to partly cloudy and breezy with a few brief scattered showers. Winds are E – ENE at 20 to 40...
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Earthquake rattles Barbados
At least three Caribbean countries were rattled by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 late on Friday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the...
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Police investigating alleged vandalism of Sinckler’s constituency office
Police are investigating an alleged case of vandalism at the constituency office of Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate Chris Sinckler. The windows of the office were broken at the front and side...
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Let’s celebrate our National Heroes – Part 1
Clement Osbourne Payne The Right Excellent Clement Osbourne Payne is regarded by some as the “apostle” of trade unionism in Barbados, urging workers to “Educate, agitate, but not to violate”. Known for...
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Let’s celebrate our National Heroes – Part 2
Samuel Jackman Prescod The Right Excellent Samuel Jackman Prescod truly understood the ‘power of the pen’. As a newspaper editor, he wrote scathing articles accusing the planters of pursuing policies...
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Today’s weather
The Barbados Meteorological Services says a surface to low level shearline is approaching the island. Today will be fair to occasionally cloudy and breezy with a few scattered showers mainly during the...
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Mottley not getting carried away by big crowds
A sea of red shirts at Barclays Park, Ermy Bourne Highway on Saturday, was not enough to convince the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) that the May 24 general election is in the bag. As matter...
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Highland calls for diversification of island’s tourism product
Solutions Barbados candidate for St Joseph Jennifer Highland wants to see a diversification of the island’s tourism product. During a clean-up campaign on Saturday, Highland told Barbados TODAY that St...
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Payne “a little worried” about DLP’s quiet approach to general election
Chairman of the Opposition Barbados Labour (BLP), George Payne, says he is concerned by what he sees as a lasses-faire approach by the incumbent Democratic Labour Party (DLP) going into the May 24...
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Vincentian pastor and family charged after scalding man
SOURCE – CMC – A magistrate Monday sentenced a pastor, his wife and daughter to four years in prison after they were found guilty of pouring hot liquid on a man following what they described as a...
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Police investigate shooting at Black Rock, St Michael.
Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in the carpark of Channell Supermarket, Black Rock, St Michael. (more details as they come to hand.) The post Police investigate shooting at Black...
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Barbados named in Interpol human trafficking report
Barbados is among 13 countries named in a new report released by Interpol on Monday saying that hundreds of suspected victims of modern slavery were rescued in a major crackdown on human traffickers in...
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AG wants national discussion on future of sugar industry
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite is against Government using taxpayers’ monies to bail out privately owned sugar plantations. In fact, he believes there needs to be a full national discussion on the...
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Banker calls on govts to remove taxes on relief supplies
A senior banker is calling for the removal of taxes on relief supplies, as well as a “relaxation” in immigration policies in order to make it easier for companies to provide assistance to hurricane...
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Not one red cent!
As the April 30 deadline for filing in their 2017 Income Tax Returns arrived, Barbadians today openly vented their frustration over the delay by Government in settling their outstanding income tax...
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Govt promises 300 more appointments
With elections around the corner, the Chief Personnel Officer in the Personnel Administration Division, Gail Atkins, reported today that over 660 temporary workers have been appointed to the public...
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Keep it clean!
With just over three weeks remaining before Barbadians vote in a general election and reports of political attacks, the local religious community is appealing to the candidates and their supporters to...
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Don’t sell your votes, priest tells Bajans
As Barbadians prepare to elect a new Government on May 24, a local cleric is urging them not to sell their votes, but rather to use critical thinking in choosing their next legislators. Anglican...
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EBC processing applications for Commonwealth citizens – attorney
There could be light at the end of the proverbial tunnel for Commonwealth citizens seeking to be able to vote in the May 24 elections. The matter is currently the subject of a legal challenge that is...
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BLP condemns alleged vandalism of Sinckler’s constituency office
General Secretary of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Dr Jerome Walcott has strongly condemned the alleged vandalism of the constituency office of Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler. On...
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