Fifty-seven days after telecommunications provider Digicel erected a cell tower in the tiny village of Olive Lodge, Holders Hill, St James, meeting a relentless push-back from residents, the contentious mast …
Emmanuel Joseph
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Reports of yet another violent school outbreak, the third in as many days – this time involving a parent – have emerged while the Ministry of Education agreed to introduce …
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The deployment of Barbadian peacekeeping troops to crisis-torn Haiti has been put on hold, a senior government minister has revealed. Minister of Foreign Affairs Kerrie Symmonds disclosed on Thursday that …
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By Emmanuel Joseph Education figures will meet in an emergency session on Thursday to discuss violence in schools, as the authorities probe a second, vicious, student-on-student attack that has left …
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A UWI economist is forecasting that Prime Minister Mia Mottley will provide some relief for consumers from the high cost of living when she delivers her 2024 Budgetary Proposals in …
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Police and the Ministry of Education are working together to investigate a stabbing incident involving several students at Parkinson Memorial School that left a 15-year-old boy stabbed in the abdomen …
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By Emmanuel Joseph The island’s two teachers’ unions are backing the government’s decision to reintroduce specialist teachers in numeracy and literacy in primary schools but have offered suggestions for more …
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Barbados is to buy a specialised research vessel this year to pave the way for a formal fishing agreement with Trinidad and Tobago, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kerrie Symmonds has …
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By Emmanuel Joseph Former Central Bank of Barbados Governor Dr Delisle Worrell has made a case for scrapping the Barbados dollar in favour of the United States dollar – known …
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The Digicel cell tower at the centre of a storm of protest by the people of the small village of Olive Lodge, St James, will finally be removed by March …