Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Another appeal for ganja ease

GENERAL SECRETARY of the National Rastafari Registry Secretariat Trust, Paul “Ras Simba Akomba” Rock, is once more appealing for the legality of cannabis as it relates to sacramental and...

Oistins to get $5m spruce up

The refurbishment work in Oistins should be completed by the end of May. This assurance was given by the...

Rare halo captured around the sun in Barbados

Barbadians today were treated to a rare spectacle in the form of a halo around the sun. This...

Persistent DLP issues a concern, say political scientists

If the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is to be a viable alternative to the ruling Barbados Labour Party...

‘Grand’ plans routed

Vendors and some residents along Station Hill and Bank Hall, St Michael are not jumping for joy that...

Warder cleared of charge

A PRISON OFFICER who had been charged with knowingly associating with an ex-convict, whom she eventually married, walked out of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’...

Post-NSRL price concerns

 THE REMOVAL of the National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) has yet to have an impact on supermarket prices, and Minister of Commerce Dwight Sutherland...

Fugitive link

 BARBADOS HAS BEEN MENTIONED in criminal proceedings involving Malaysian tycoon fugitive Low Taek Jho (aka Jho Low), who has been implicated by the United...

Over 1000 gone so far

JUST OVER 1 000 civil servants have been severed so far during Government’s retrenchment programme.So said Minister of Labour Colin Jordan, as he spoke...

State of fear

AS THE HEAD OF the largest public sector union raises concerns about the psychological state of civil servants, the island’s Minister of Labour has...

PM Mottley pays tribute to Andrea Gollop

Prime Minister Mia Mottley pays tribute to Andrea Gollop. Below is the full text of her statement.Today I learnt with sadness of the passing...