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No decision yet on Lester Vaughan School

A firm decision has not yet been made regarding when the Lester Vaughan School will be reopened. Following a tour of the Cane Garden, St Thomas Plant, on Thursday, Chief...

BDF to conduct simulation exercise on April 2 & 3

The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) will conduct a Mass Casualty Simulation Exercise from Tuesday, April 2, to Wednesday,...

Barbadians reminded to file taxes online as filing season starts

The Barbados Revenue Authority (the BRA) is advising that tax filing season for 2023 begins on April 1 this...

Minister Abrahams’ statement on Ismail Patel’s passing

Below is the full statement by Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams: I was saddened to...

Lester Vaughan update coming

One month after the closure of Lester Vaughan School, teachers and concerned parents will have a chance to...

Chairman Smith quits CBC

LESS THAN A YEAR after Melba Smith took over the chairmanship of the beleaguered Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), she has called it quits.Smith, a...

Tighter security

POLICE PRESENCE on pleasure boats will have to be beefed up, says Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith.During a press conference at the police headquarters...

‘Great’ results

MINISTER OF EDUCATION Santia Bradshaw has described this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination results as “particularly exceptional”.But while those returns were being trumpeted,...

Minister sticks to position on transfers

TRANSFERS will be the exception and not the norm. This was once again the warning sounded by Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw during a press...

Vauxhall resident charged with killing

Police have made a breakthrough into one of the island’s latest murders.They arrested and charged Romell Cummins in the killing of Dave Archer.Cummins, 27, who...

Windies slip in standings

West Indies slipped a little further below the drop zone after losing to Bangladesh today at Taunton.The bowlers were unable to make any inroads...