NationNews - Barbados

Sex pain

2012-05-26T04:11:59+00:00

INCREASING NUMBERS OF BARBADIANS between 15 and 29 years old are being diagnosed with the sexually transmitted infections (STI) chlamydia and gonorrhoea.

Work at it!

2012-05-26T04:11:01+00:00

PRIME MINISTER FREUNDEL STUART is concerned that almost half-century after the first law to promote the international business sector was passed, stakeholders have still not reached agreement on the real value of the industry.

Directors ‘say not enough’

2012-05-26T04:10:44+00:00

THIS ISLAND’S top prosecutor wants the salaries and perks of top-flight company executives approved by shareholders and not just the boards of directors.

‘Tardiness made it worse’

2012-05-26T04:09:46+00:00

BARBADOS’ ECONOMIC CONDITION may have worsened because the Government didn’t act fast enough to address its financial woes when they emerged.

Farley: Not business as usual

2012-05-26T04:08:26+00:00

OUTSPOKEN PRINCIPAL Matthew Farley says that with “drugs, violence, vandalism and a culture of under-achievement” posing “the greatest threat

To the rescue

2012-05-26T04:07:28+00:00

Marlon Samuels stroked a high-class, unbeaten century while captain Darren Sammy was on the verge of another in a career-best innings, as the West Indies flirted with disaster before staging a brilliant recovery . . . .

Gift from the Heart for Oval

2012-05-26T04:05:18+00:00

KENSINGTON OVAL, the “Mecca” of cricket, has just received a portable machine costing $4 500 to be used to get the heart pumping again.

Record runs

2012-05-26T04:05:15+00:00

TWO CRICKETERS with plenty to prove joined forces in a record seventh-wicket stand as the West Indies showed some fighting qualities yesterday . . . .

Slow Bolt

2012-05-26T04:04:40+00:00

Usain Bolt laboured to victory in the men’s 100 metres at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava yesterday, but was at a loss to explain why after failing to improve on his season best or meet the target he had set himself before the race.

‘Boysie’ easy as Sunday morn

2012-05-26T04:04:26+00:00

EDMUND DALRYMPLE has never been a man of many words, and that did not change on his 100th birthday Thursday.