FCIB earns US$170.5m profit
FirstCaribbean International Bank has recorded a US$170.5 million profit despite challenges in the region and abroad. Chairman David Ritch reported on the performance in the company’s 2019 annual report…
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Alexandra old scholars to meet
The monthly meeting of the Alexandra School Alumni Association takes place on Saturday, February 8 at Solidarity House, Barbados Workers’ Union, St Michael. It starts at 4 p.m. All past and present…
Sudden death in Sunbury, St Philip
The death of a 47-year-old man who was found slumped over in his car in St Phiiip earlier today is being treated as a sudden death. Police said the St Philip man had helped changed a tyre…
Shooting incident at Government Hill
Two people are in custody following a shooting incident along Gittens Road, Government Hill, St Michael. Police spokesman Inspector (ag) Rodney Inniss said that around 10:30 a.m. guns were discharged….
England bowler Jofra Archer to miss Test tour of Sri Lanka with elbow injury
Jofra Archer will miss England’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka next month because of a low-grade stress fracture in his right elbow. The fast bowler, 24, missed the last three Tests of England’s 3-1 series…
About 500,000 EU citizens yet to apply for UK residency after Brexit
An estimated 500,000 European Union nationals in Britain have yet to apply for a new immigration status, which most will need to remain in the country after Brexit. The government is introducing the…
Pride rattled by break-in
The Barbados Pride cricket team and coaching staff were robbed of clothing and equipment in St Kitts yesterday following a daring overnight burglary in the players’ pavilion at the Warner Park ground….
Public invited to education session on coronavirus
Members of the public are invited to join other stakeholders at an engagement and training session on the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St Michael,…
Less smoke at Mangrove Landfill
Residents living in the vicinity of the Mangrove Landfill, St Thomas should expect relief soon from smoke caused by a fire that started on Monday in the tyre section at the dumping facility. This is…
‘Ease off’ NIS-funded projects
Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn says he does not know how much money the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has in its coffers, adding he did not believe it knew either. Furthermore, he declared yesterday,…