Diabetes sufferers in 43% of QEH beds
FORTY-THREE per cent of the beds at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) are occupied by people suffering with diabetes or diabetes-related diseases. This was disclosed recently by chief executive officer…
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‘Too busy’ a time for utility cuts
PAINFUL. A DISASTER. Chaotic. These are the words some business leaders used to describe two consecutive days of electricity and water outages. While not able to quantify the financial losses, Barbados…
Smith off to smashing start
The 2018 Barbados Olympic Association’s Independence Invitational Games (BiiG) table tennis champion Marcus Smith started the defence of his title impressively with emphatic victories when the round robin…
Hughes to lead Bajan team
GOLD CUP-winning jockey Rasheed Hughes will lead a youthful Barbados team against a strong British side in the Barbados Lottery International Jockeys Challenge on Saturday at the Garrison Savannah. …
BCC cancels classes today
All evening classes at the Barbados Community College have been cancelled a result of a power outage at the college. Electricity was restored earlier in the morning but an outage again occurred just before…
Club sure of second volleyball title
Theta Math Academy Club United have guaranteed themselves the women’s second spot in the Goddard Enterprises Limited Division One Volleyball League. Club, who ended last in 2018 with just six points…
Do or die for Tridents
IT is now, or never. The Barbados Tridents face their most important game of the season when they take on Cayman Islands in their final group game of the Concacaf Nations League tonight at the Wildey…
Water being restored after power outages
As electricity is restored to thousands of affected households and businesses across Barbados, water is also flowing through the taps again. In a release tonight, the Barbados Water Authority (BWA)…
Some students to report to Frederick Smith, school to reopen on Wednesday
Students in forms 2 to 4 will return to Frederick Smith Secondary School tomorrow for professional counselling. The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training advises parents and…
Election day in Montserrat
BRADES, Montserrat – Voters in this British Overseas Territory (BOT) are casting ballots to elect persons to a nine-member legislative Assembly with the outgoing Premier, Donaldson Romeo, among nine people…