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US provides aircraft to assist in search for missing tourists
The search continues for the missing American couple, Oscar Suarez, 32, and Magdalena Devil, 25. On Saturday morning, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kerrie Symmonds gave an update on...
View ArticleVenezuela sources: Talks to break deadlock set to resume in Barbados
(Source: AP) - Negotiations aimed at breaking Venezuela's political standoff will resume next week, likely on the Caribbean island of Barbados, according to three people familiar with the talks between...
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Public trust and consultation critical
A relationship built on public trust and consultation is critical to the success of any programme created for the economic recovery of Barbados. This was the advice of former Prime Minister of Ireland,...
View ArticleOne-stop entertainment licence
Starting this week, event promoters will be issued a one-stop entertainment licence from the National Cultural Foundation (NCF). With six weeks of the Crop Over festival remaining, Prime Minister Mia...
View ArticleThe Most Excellent – Now the highest honour for citizens
In observance of Barbados’ independence, the highest honour of the land will now include the title of The Most Excellent. The announcement was made on Saturday by Prime Minister Mia Mottley who stated...
View ArticleHope fades for missing American couple
The local coast guard was continuing a search on Sunday for missing American couple, Oscar Suarez and Magdalena Devil, Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds said. Suarez, 32,...
View ArticleTourism Minister committed to tackling issues in The Gap
Residents and business owners in St Lawrence Gap were pleasantly surprised recently, when Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kerrie Symmonds, made an impromptu visit to the popular...
View ArticleWest Indies looking ahead after honest team meeting
(Source: ICC) - West Indies have done some soul-searching since their elimination from the World Cup and head coach Floyd Reifer insists the clash against Sri Lanka is their first step on the path to a...
View ArticleWoman, 51, recuperating after stabbing at Swan Street
A 51-year-old woman was recuperating at home on Sunday after she was stabbed while on Swan Street, police said. The incident happened on Saturday. The woman, of a St Michael address, was treated and...
View ArticleSoca For Her rocks Sugarland
Hypasounds fans got more than their fill of him last night when the artiste staged his first-ever concert at Sugarland Gardens, St Peter. The concert, aptly billed Soca For Her, saw screaming female...
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BWA Director of Human Resources reinstated
The senior staffer who was fired last Friday by the board of the state-owned Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be reinstated with immediate effect. Minister of Water Resources Management Wilfred...
View ArticleClosure of Sharon Primary and Maria Holder Nursery tomorrow
The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training has advised that the Sharon Primary and the Maria...
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Family first
Former Commissioner of Police Orville Durant is warning that if more attention is not paid to strengthening and stabilizing the family unit, Barbados’ crime situation will get worse. Speaking to...
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St John community hit by thieves
A St John community is demanding urgent action from law enforcement, in response to reckless “young fellas”, who have been raiding their homes of cash and jewelry. On Saturday night and early Sunday,...
View ArticleBostic: No restriction in choice of polyclinic
Technology is about to end the policy of patients being assigned to a specific polyclinic where they were first treated and their records held, Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has...
View ArticleAtherley: PM didn’t want me!
Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley has defended his decision to launch a new political party a year after crossing the floor of Parliament to become Opposition Leader. During the first political...
View ArticleMarshall opens talks on LIAT
Negotiations began today between the governments of Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda over the takeover of Barbados’ majority ownership of island-hopping airline LIAT. Teams from both countries met...
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Water’s ‘woe’
Barbados Water Authority (BWA) workers have declared they want to see chairperson Leodeane Worrell gone. But while accusing the board of meddling in personnel matters at the state-owned water utility,...
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Missing: Shelbourne Haynes
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing man. He is 63-year-old Shelbourne Haynes, alias Jerry or Banjam, of Waterman’s Village, St James. He was last seen by his sister...
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Fire at Kooyman construction site
Fire destroyed a truck and crane at the construction site of the Kooyman Megastore at Kendall Hill, Christ Church around 11:45 a.m. The truck and the crane were subcontracted by Moorjani Construction...
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