Electricity is being gradually restored across the country following an island-wide power outage that occurred around 11:30 a.m. The outage which disrupted activity across Barbados triggered the closure of schools …
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Members of the public are advised that the Parliamentary Reform Commission’s town hall meeting, slated for 7:00 tonight, Thursday, September 21, at the Daphne Joseph Hackett Theatre, has been postponed …
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Classes are on as usual at the Barbados Community College (BCC) today. Following the islandwide power outage earlier in the day, the BCC said both its ‘Eyrie’ campus at Howell’s …
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Hospital ophthalmology department gets equipment to improve eye care services
By Sheria Brathwaite The Barbados Canada Foundation (BCF) donated four new pieces of equipment to the Ophthalmology Department in an effort to help the Lion’s Eye Care Centre at the …
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Teen gives up cricket dream to become business owner
by Sasha Mehterby Sasha MehterWhether it’s competing at the highest levels of domestic cricket in Barbados, building his first computer at age 13, or launching his tech business at 16, Micaiah Bartlett gives it …
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Like clockwork, Barbados’ Auditor General Leigh Trotman is drawing to our attention a long list of apparent infractions of the country’s financial rules regarding the use of millions of dollars …
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Local lab could become WHO centre to detect antimicrobial resistance
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory could soon become a World Health Organisation (WHO) collaborating centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) detection and surveillance. This was revealed by PAHO/WHO Representative for …
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The island’s largest public sector trade union is calling on the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) to halt any further action on what the bargaining body considers a change in the …
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By Sheria Brathwaite The number of patients backed up in the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on Tuesday is now significantly reduced, but Barbadians …
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Gov’t moves to get back lands used as collateral to settle CLICO claims
The Government is renegotiating the return to local ownership, lands which were used as collateral under the previous Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration to settle millions of dollars in insurance …