By Jenique Belgrave Adjustments to parliamentarians’ salaries and pensions should be determined by an independent body, says former minister Stephen Lashley. “The time has come when these issues ought to …
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The state-owned National Conservation Commission (NCC) looks set to end up in court over its decision to evict one of the food stall operators at the Oistins Bay Garden. Monique …
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Convicted thief Winston Leroy King recently declared that the man from whom he stole a bicycle was his brother. However, when the virtual complainant, Joseph Prince, appeared before the District …
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The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training has advised that registration for the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) January 2024, examinations will be conducted online from today, Friday, September 1, …
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Mother agreed to temporarily give up children to keep them safe; soon to be reunited
by Anesta Henryby Anesta HenryThe Child Care Board (CCB) has denied taking two toddlers away from their homeless mother, insisting that 29-year-old Danae Gibbons consented to having them removed from an environment that she …
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The Barbados Royals Women made sure their long-awaited homecoming was a victorious one. On a day where records fell like flies, the home side withstood a century from Guyana Amazon …
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A retired history professor at The University of The West Indies Cave Hill campus has gifted his former department $100 000, said to be the single largest donation to the …
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is concerned about the increasing lack of citizen security in Latin America and the Caribbean, and specifically an increase in gun-related murders. In an …
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The lack of action by Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) personnel nine years ago sparked criticism by the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) on Thursday as the arbitration body threw out an …
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One of the intervenors objecting to the rate increase requested by the Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) is calling on authorities to urgently review and modernise the utility regulation …