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Put ‘market’ back in city!
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Put ‘market’ back in city!
Akeel 
June 17 | 12:15
Against the backdrop of a dying capital city, a veteran entertainment promoter says life can be brought back to Bridgetown by starting with the hostin...
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Foreign b-ball players called up
Sports
Foreign b-ball players called up
Akeel 
June 17 | 12:09
The Barbados Amateur Basketball Association’s selection committee has selected a squad predominantly comprising foreign-based players to participate i...
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School tightens protocol
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School tightens protocol
Akeel 
June 17 | 12:01
Government is looking at formulating a national policy that will address security across all schools. The point was made by Minister of Education Kay ...
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Police probe Worthing shooting
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Police probe Worthing shooting
Akeel 
June 16 | 11:45
Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the early hours of this morning. Lawmen report that at about 1:50 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2023, ...
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Strong plea to address mental health issues
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Strong plea to address mental health issues
Gercine Carter 
June 16, 2023
Barbadian youth advocate Pierre Cooke has called on Director-General of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley to prioritise mental health as part of their global agenda. Addressing an international audience of health ministers and other health officials at the SIDS Ministerial Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health...
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Barbados to end importation of trans fats
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Barbados to end importation of trans fats
Barry Alleyne 
June 15, 2023
Those troublesome trans fats should be gone from Barbadian shelves in a year’s time. Barbados’ Minister of Health and Wellness, Senator The Most Honourable Dr Jerome Walcott confirmed the island was on course to end the importation of foods with trans fats by December 2024. It’s all part of the country’s process of protecting consumers of the dangerous ingredients in food that can lead to the onse...
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Met Office monitoring tropical wave
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Met Office monitoring tropical wave
sherrylynclarke@nationnews.com 
June 15, 2023
The Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) is currently tracking the progress of a tropical wave located on the West African coast along 18W. This system is expected to track westward to west-northwestward within the next seven days. Model guidance suggests the wave will pass north of Barbados sometime next week Friday June 23, 2023, and any development of this system is expected to be slow at thi...
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BFA names 23-man squad
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BFA names 23-man squad
sherrylynclarke@nationnews.com 
June 15, 2023
Five new faces, including an England-based player, have been named in the national football squad for the historic FIFA international friendly match against Honduras in New Orleans, United States, slated for Sunday. Leicester City teenage midfielder Abdullah Javaid gets a first-time call-up along with Brittons Hill United star forward Corey Hoyte, Empire goalkeeper Jerome Blackman and his teammate...
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Pre-COVID prices not returning
Business, Editors Pick
Pre-COVID prices not returning
Shawn Cumberbatch 
June 15, 2023
The international cost of food will continue to fall this year and in 2024, but there will be no return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic prices. That is the latest assessment from international economic forecasting firm, Oxford Economics. In an analysis titled How Long Will The Relief From Falling Food Prices Last?, Oxford Economics economist, Diego Cacciapuoti said: “We expect global food prices to conti...
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Frederick Smith Secondary closed on Friday
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Frederick Smith Secondary closed on Friday
sherrylynclarke@nationnews.com 
June 15, 2023
Frederick Smith Secondary School will be closed tomorrow Friday, June 16, 2023 for students in Forms 1 to 5. This closure is to facilitate an urgent m...
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CXC exams to go ahead
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CXC exams to go ahead
sherrylynclarke@nationnews.com 
June 15, 2023
After consultations with Ministries of Education from across the region on Thursday morning, regional examinations will be administered as scheduled, ...
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Manchester City start title defence at Burnley
Sports
Manchester City start title defence at Burnley
sherrylynclarke@nationnews.com 
June 15, 2023
Champions Manchester City will kick off the Premier League season on Friday, 11 August at promoted Burnley – managed by their former captain Vincent K...
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Cheaper electricity ‘a reality’
Business, Editors Pick
Cheaper electricity ‘a reality’
Hallam Hope 
June 15, 2023
A state-of-the-art power plant has been formally opened in St Lucy as Barbados steps up plans to expand the generation of cheaper electricity. The cle...
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Sentence suspended for killing labourer
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Sentence suspended for killing labourer
Heather-Lynn Evanson 
June 15, 2023
Four years on remand came to an end for manslayer Kelly Javanni Prentice yesterday. Stressing that Prentice was not the one who inflicted the fatal st...
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Another CXC breach in Jamaica
Editors Pick, Regional
Another CXC breach in Jamaica
sherrylynclarke@nationnews.com 
June 15, 2023
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says the “fireproof cabinets containing examination papers for nine subjects scheduled to be administered thi...
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No cost for new Trident ID, says AG
Editors Pick, News
No cost for new Trident ID, says AG
sherrylynclarke@nationnews.com 
June 14, 2023
Barbadians will not have to pay for the Trident Identification card if it is being issued for the first time. Attorney General Dale Marshall sought to...
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Junior calypsonians tuning up for competition
Editors Pick, Entertainment
Junior calypsonians tuning up for competition
Tre Greaves 
June 14, 2023
The 25 Scotiabank Junior Monarch semi-finalists are tuning up to compete. That was announced on Wednesday morning during the media launch of the conte...
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Tackling NCDs starts with change in behaviour
Editors Pick, News
Tackling NCDs starts with change in behaviour
Akeel Lovell 
June 14, 2023
Moderation and enhanced communication will be two essential elements required to tackle the “crisis” of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Barbados. ...
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