Barbados joined the rest of the world on Tuesday to celebrate World Book Day, a day set aside by UNESCO to promote the enjoyment of books and reading in all …
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UWI gets endowment to ensure award for top biology student continues
by Shanna Mooreby Shanna MooreThe University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus has received an endowment valuing $75 000 from the Graham Gooding Trust Fund to support the annual Graham Gooding Biology …
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Insurance giant Sagicor has renewed its commitment to the Optimist Club of Barbados Central’s Adopt-A-Family programme for a third consecutive year. The programme, which was started in 2022, provides a …
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American ultra low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is on course to provide new services between Puerto Rico and Barbados in another two months. It announced Wednesday that it will launch a …
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British Airways increasing flights by winter time
by Shanna Mooreby Shanna MooreBritish Airways (BA) has announced a significant enhancement to their flight schedule to Barbados, moving to double daily flights from London Heathrow to Bridgetown by winter of 2024-25. This increase, …
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Pan-African activists have led praises for Prime Minister Mia Mottley after she withdrew the government’s bid to compulsorily purchase Drax Hall plantation lands for homes. Richard Drax, 66, a Member …
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One of the island’s largest chicken producers has predicted that the importation of two 40-foot containers of wings to meet expected demand during the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup will …
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The pleas of theft accused Frederick Alfred Haynes not to be sent to Dodds Prison and to be granted bail went unanswered in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court after his …
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A 34-year-old woman has to report to the Oistins Police Station every weekend as a condition of bail, after she denied 27 counts of stealing money from a snack store. …
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Two pieces of metal were removed from Oneill Chase’s head during an emergency surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) the evening he was shot. One was lodged in his …