Prime Minister Mia Mottley has paid glowing tribute to the women of Barbados for their fortitude and resilience in trying times, while contending that their duty of care to one …
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Two suspected crop thieves will appear in court on Wednesday in connection with the theft of sweet potatoes from Applewaite’s Plantation, St George. Rico Omar Drayton, 32, of Turton’s Gap, …
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has disclosed that the interviewing process for about 200 additional Ghanaian nurses has been completed and the health care professionals will be taking up their …
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley has defended Barbados’ plans to resume fossil fuel exploration off its coast, saying that developing nations deserved “equity” and needed the revenue from oil and gas …
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been especially hard for people fleeing the war-torn country who are of African descent and look like the average Barbadian. And, according to a …
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Already feeling the impacts of rising oil and food prices and expecting that things could get worse, some taxi and public service vehicle (PSV) operators are calling on the Mia …
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Attorney-at-law Lalu Hanuman believes the time has come to test Barbados’ Marriage Act to see if same-sex unions would be allowed under the existing law. He contended that even if …
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The Ophthalmology Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will this week begin clearing the backlog of glaucoma surgeries that have accumulated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr …
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Government is again exploring the possibility of capping the Value Added Tax (VAT) collected on fuel and the details of that will be outlined in next week’s Budget, Minister in …
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The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) advises the public that officers are in the field conducting property revaluations around the island. This 13-month exercise will continue until March 2023. Property owners …