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“Praise God. Thank you, Father!”
Lionel DaCosta Wilson whispered those words just after he...
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Narrow escape as tree crashes down
A woman and her three passengers narrowly escaped injury after she frantically reversed just in...
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$2.8m bailout for cave company
Revenue has dried up at the company which manages Harrison’s Cave, forcing Government to rescue...
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Nomination Day: Franklyn decries election breaches
The Opposition People’s Party for Democracy and Development (PdP) is accusing the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) of resorting to desperation tactics in the St George Northby-election. Speaking to reporters immediately after the PdP’s candidate...
Nomination Day: Reifer feeling confident
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) team was heard long before it and its candidate for the St George North by-election, Floyd Reifer, made it to the nomination centre on Monday. Accompanied by a music truck and an entourage of around 30 who were pl...
Nomination Day: A bit of anxiety for Moore
A significant moment for the people of St George North and a significant time for the labour movement of Barbados. This is how Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate Toni Moore sums up her feelings after completing her nomination to contest the St Geo...
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Visitor fined for breaching Grenada’s quarantine law
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – A magistrate was slapped with an EC$3 000 (One EC dollar=0.37 cents) fine on a returning national after he was found guilty...IMF: Massive economic impact from pandemic
Bridgetown – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said the econom...SPORTS
BFA signs MOU with Boyce Foundation
The Barbados Football Association (BFA) has signed a historic memorandum of understanding with the Emmerson Boyce Foundation, which will see football ...Sprinter Coleman gets two-year ban
World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman will miss next year’s Tokyo O...Politics
House, Senate going partially virtual
Sittings of the House of Assembly and the Senate are going partially virtual. Under a proclamation from Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, read by...Business
TikTok making plans to expand
TikTok has plans to hire about 3 000 engineers over the next three years, mostly in Europe, Canada and Singapore, the company told Reuters on Tuesday....US stocks rise on Friday
Washington – United States US stocks rose on Friday and the S&P 500 a...Look beyond debt relief, says World Bank economist
Bridgetown – The chief economist at the World Bank for Latin America and ...World
Trudeau predicts tough winter with COVID
OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday predicted a “tough winter” in the face of a second wave of COVID-19 infections engulf...Climate change affects most vulnerable in Africa
NAIROBI – Floods, droughts, hotter weather and a desert locust invasion ...Coronavirus cases surge in US
New York - More than 84 000 people were diagnosed with novel coronavirus (C...Lifestyle
