A week without new COVID cases in Barbados
For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Barbados, there were no new cases confirmed within a one-week period. For the seventh straight day yesterday, the Best-dos Santos Public Health…
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CWI cuts salaries and funding
ST JOHN’S – Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Friday announced a temporary 50 per cent reduction in salaries and cricket funding across the entire regional cricket system, effective from the start of July….
BWA pumping stations in North offline
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) pumping Stations at Ashton Hall and Haymans in St Peter are currently offline as a result of electrical issues being addressed at these facilities. This has affected…
Trinidad students to write CXC exams in July
PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago students will sit examinations set by the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in July, Education Minister Anthony Garcia confirmed Friday. He told…
Premier League football back on June 17
MANCHESTER, England – The Premier League season will restart on June 17 provided all safety requirements have been put in place, the league said on Thursday after meeting with all 20 clubs. The season…
PM to hold press conference today
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is holding a press conference after 6:30 p.m. today, Thursday, May 28, at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St Michael. Please view on the Nation’s Facebook…
Teen third person to die from Union Island explosion
KINGSTOWN – A 17-year-old secondary school girl who was seriously injured in an explosion at a gas station that killed the owner and another student on Union Island last Tuesday, died of her burns at a…
Salvation Army changes hours at Reed Street
The Salvation Army has modified the opening hours of the Reed Street, Bridgetown, St Michael divisional headquarters as a response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A statement from the Salvation Army…
Pedestrian shot along Wilson Hill Road
A 27-year-old St John man was shot while walking along Wilson Hill Road in the same parish on Wednesday night. Police received a report of shots being fired and arrived around 7:45 p.m. to find Kadeem…
PM pays tribute to Bruggadung
Prime Minister Mia Mottley today paid tribute to the late Ralph “Bruggadung” Johnson whom she described as “a very successful post-Independence industrialist of Barbados”. Johnson passed away today…