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Trump promises $5000 payment if Republicans win midterms

United States President Donald Trump says he would offer every adult American a $5 000 payout if Republicans win both chambers of Congress in...

Favour costs ex-soldier $24 000

What was intended to be a kind gesture and a favour for an elderly woman cost former Barbados Defence Force soldier Anthony Sylvester Mayers...

Bajan shooters bag two Pan Am medals

Competitive shooters Cliff Roett, Christopher Young and Gregory Wood led the Barbadian delegation with silver- and bronze-medal finishes at the 2026 Pan American Handgun Championship, held...

Barbados steps up swine fever defence

Barbados is stepping up efforts to protect its agriculture sector from animal health and biosecurity threats, particularly African Swine Fever (ASF), in the face...
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Asha Jones: Breaking new ground in dementia care

by Cheryl Harewood Asha Jones’ professional journey has taken her across tourism, sales and marketing, gerontology and therapeutic recreation; fields that today come together in...

Favour costs ex-soldier $24 000

What was intended to be a kind gesture and a favour for an elderly woman cost former Barbados Defence Force soldier Anthony Sylvester Mayers...

Bees spent nearly three times as much as Dems in 2026 poll

The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) spent almost three times more than its main rival, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), in its bid to...

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Bajan shooters bag two Pan Am medals

Competitive shooters Cliff Roett, Christopher Young and Gregory Wood led the Barbadian delegation with silver- and bronze-medal finishes at the 2026 Pan American Handgun Championship, held...

BOA pushing by-laws update

Tridents Women fall short

Price hike fears

There is major concern that new restrictions on vessels and related increased charges by shippers at the water-scarce Panama Canal could ripple into increased...

COB suspends CEO

More support needed for breastfeeding mothers

The following is a submission by Aaliyah Lara, a member of Healthy Caribbean Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and a medical student at the...
 

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T&T orders 2 000 doses of monkeypox vaccine

Port of Spain – Although Trinidad & Tobago has so far not recorded any cases of monkeypox, the government has ordered 2 000 doses...

BPSA chairman pays tribute to Ben Arrindell

Chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA), Trisha Tannis hailed the life and work of deceased international tax and trade advisor, Ben Arrindell,...

Cool’ man’s death a big shock

  The death of 30-year-old Jonathan Fabian Ricardo Forte has left his family and friends in shock. Police reported that Forte, a father of three, used...

Wood: Place growth in context

Economist Anthony Wood is warning Barbadians to temper their excitement about the news that the economy grew during the first half of this year...

Woman admits to growing ganja

A 33-year-old woman yesterday confessed to growing ganja because “things are hard” and she had to do something to survive. Tiffany Nikita Elcock, a painter,...

Gems lose to Wales

The Bajan Gems netballers played their best game of the Commonwealth Games but ended the Group action winless by falling to 8th-ranked Wales 44-60...

Brathwaite wins silver medal at Commonwealth Games

Shane Brathwaite copped a silver medal for Barbados in the men’s 110 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday in Birmingham, England. Brathwaite, 32,...

COVID-19 update for August 3

Another 718 new COVID-19 cases were detected on Wednesday, August 3, in Barbados. According to health authorities, 299 males and 419 females tested positive for...

Four Kentucky police officers charged in Breonna Taylor killing

Washington, D.C. – United States prosecutors charged four current and former Louisville, Kentucky, police officers on Thursday for their roles in the botched 2020...

Caricom election observation mission arrives in St Kitts & Nevis

Basseterre – A four-member Caricom election observation mission arrived on Wednesday in St Kitts & Nevis ahead of Friday’s general election. The Caricom Election Observation...