Tuesday, April 23, 2024

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IMF reduces growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slightly lowered its economic growth forecast for Barbados. Prior to last week’s Spring Meetings in Washington DC, the international financial institution has Barbados’ economy...

Abrahams: No security threat or cover-up

Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams has confirmed that a man who recently entered Dodds Prison with unauthorised...

Father admits to incest

A father who admitted to four counts of incest with his 13-year-old daughter has been remanded to Dodds...

Denny says Govt should not buy property

NSTEAD OF GOVERNMENT INTENDING to spend an estimated $8 million of tax payers’ money to buy part of...

Female body found in well at Carmichael

The body of a female was retrieved from a well at Carmichael, St George about 11:15 p.m on...

REMEMBERING TOM: A prime minister’s words 2

The following are excerpts from speeches made by former Prime Minister Tom Adams.On Maurice Bishop – November 1980: “It is time that the Government...

Two houses damaged in fire

ONE HOUSE WAS extensively damaged and another suffered minor soot damage in a fire at Jessamy Avenue, Bayland , St Michael this afternoon.Residents of...

Digicel concerned about Flow deal

DIGICEL HAS EXPRESSED concern over the proposed acquisition of Columbus International Inc. by Cable and Wireless Communications Plc (CWC).  In a release issued shortly after...

REMEMBERING TOM: A prime minister’s words

The following are excerpts from speeches made by former Prime Minister Tom Adams.In the House of Assembly – January  1977: “Neither did I say...

Teen shot in The Pine

A SEVENTEEN-YEAR old youth is currently undergoing medical care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound to his abdomen.According to acting...

Thorne selected as youth voice

BARBADIAN TONI THORNE has been chosen from among several other young people in the Caribbean by the CARICOM Secretariat to sit on the Interim...