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Dust Haze Advisory for Barbados

A plume of Sahara dust haze has already begun to affect Barbados and its marine area from today and is expected to persist across the island with an increase...

Another appeal for ganja ease

GENERAL SECRETARY of the National Rastafari Registry Secretariat Trust, Paul “Ras Simba Akomba” Rock, is once more appealing...

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...

NATION newscast February 2, 2015

In tonight's news:Police probing a suspected murder.New drug abuse trends a concern for officials.Barbados play to a draw against Guyana in men’s football. https://www.youtube.com/embed/He31FqLLJ68?rel=0

Verdun House up to the task

DESPITE SOME "frightening" trends, Barbados is far from losing the fight against illegal drugs.Director at the Substance Abuse Foundation, Pauline Tully, said Verdun House,...

MONDAY MAN: Inspired by his daughter’s success

THEY SAY a parent’s love knows no boundaries.For Ricardo Marshall, his daughter Satera Marshall knows and has felt that love and has returned it,...

School names new African history ambassador

ENTERTAINER IAN ALLEYNE is the 2015 ambassador for African History Month at Christ Church Foundation School.Alleyne was officially named and presented with gifts at...

Drums beat for black history

ACTIVITIES FOR AFRICAN AWARENESS MONTH got under way with a ceremony at Browne’s Beach, Bay Street, yesterday morning.Members of the different organisations making up...

Men plead guilty to sea egg charges

THE TWO MEN charged with possessing and fishing for sea eggs in the closed season will spend the night in prison.Fifty-four-year-old Erskine Adolphus Pollard...

DLP ‘divide’