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VAT RELIEF
Saying that this Crop Over season was one of the hardest for masquerade bands, with several of them forced to either reduce their packages or give away costumes, the head of the Barbados Association of...
View ArticleNo DLP St Peter candidate as yet
A year and a half after failing to win the St Peter seat in the 2013 general elections, the ruling Democratic Labour Party is still to nominate a candidate to succeed Haynesley Benn.“We have not...
View Article‘We can win!’
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is being warned that it must clean up its act in St Peter if it is to have any chance of breaking the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) stronghold in the...
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Red tape hurting country
Barbados’ Consul General in Canada Haynesley Benn says bureaucratic red tape continues to be a major deterrent to foreign direct investment in the country.Delivering a report on his tenure since taking...
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SOFT Camp hit by cut in funding
Some of the most critical components missing from the 2014 National Council For Substance Abuse’s Project Safeguarding Our Future Today (SOFT) Camp are the time and facility for counsellors to teach...
View ArticleMissing girl found
Hours after Rosemary Benskin made an appeal to the public to help locate her daughter, the 13-year-old has been found.Tiana Rosemary Shanice Joseph was spotted in Baxter’s Road, the City this afternoon...
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Fire at Chickmont farm
Firefighters are at this hour battling a blaze at a Chickmont farm on Ridge Road, Christ Church.The fire at ZRS Farms started just after 4 pm.General Manager and Director Edward Albecker told Barbados...
View ArticlePink Star burglary
Police are investigating an aggravated burglary at the popular Pink Star Restaurant in Baxter’s Road, the City.Three culprits, one armed with a firearm, entered the restaurant around 3:05 am today.No...
View ArticleTeen remanded over Party Stand incident
A teenager has been remanded to prison in connection with yesterday morning’s police raid at the Party Stand which uncovered guns and other contraband.Kemo Avery Grant, 19, of Grazettes Main Road, St...
View ArticleSOCIETY HOPE
After what has been described as a productive meeting with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, the Save Society Primary School Committee (SSPSC) is optimistic of the historic school’s survival.Chairperson...
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All not lost
A major fire at a farm operated by Chickmont Foods Ltd has caused more than $770,000 in losses and depleted the farm’s turkey stock by half.The blaze, which began around 4 pm on the windward side of...
View ArticleFarmers told to erect No Trespassing signs
Farmers in Barbados are being advised to erect No Trespassing signs at the points of entry to their properties to give police more authority to arrest people who loiter on their farms.That advice has...
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No definite payment time for Barrack
A court order regarding full payment for building contractor Al Barrack is still being negotiated with the state-run National Housing Corporation (NHC), while the contractor remains angry at getting...
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Dr Sebi on a mission to bring healing remedies to Bim
He’s known as the doctor who has cured people of AIDS, diabetes, cancer, leukemia, multiple sclerosis and other ailments and now renowned herbalist and naturalist Dr Sebi is on a mission to bring...
View ArticleBajan essayist at No. 3
Karlton Holligan’s essay, based on a conversation with his father on cruise tourism and its benefit to Barbados, has earned a cash prize of US$1,000 for himself and his school at the regional leg of...
View ArticleTwo more charged after Party Stand raid
Two men have been charged for drug possession following the police raid at the Party Stand early Monday morning.Kuamie Cox, 25, of Jackson, St Michael and Ras Beja Gobor Prince, 30, of Wharfdale Road,...
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Governor to speak on economic issues
Barbadians will very soon get a better understanding of how policymakers are addressing the country’s economic issues.The Central Bank of Barbados has announced an initiative in which the Bank and...
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AT RISK
Four years after the 2010 tragedy that claimed the lives of six young women in a clothing store in Tudor Street, the City, commercial buildings both in and out of Bridgetown are yet to meet the...
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Onshore drilling commences next year
Barbados will embark on a $15 million onshore oil exploration and production programme in the middle of next year.Manager of the Barbados National Oil Company (BNOC) Winton Gibbs told Barbados TODAY...
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Energy play
Barbados is seeking to own a piece of the Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas industry.At the same time, officials have revealed that commercial quantities of the precious commodity have been detected...
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