While the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) acknowledges initiatives like the Cost of Living Cash Credit are necessary and timely to “cushion the most at-risk in our society”, it is wary

Continue readingDems question NISSS role

Barbados is still without a fully up and running forensic lab – more than six months after its promised opening. Months after former Attorney General Dale Marshall said that by

Continue readingForensic lab to open in July

The darling of the Garrison Savannah, Nostradassa makes a return to the track today in the 1 100 metres Gordon Lewis Handicap for horses rated 115-90 during the Honouring Former Barbados Turf Club’s

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Faith-based organisations seeking access to Government’s new $5 million annual fund have been put on notice: bring strong, resultsdriven programmes or risk being left behind. Minister of Labour, Social Security

Continue reading$5m fund will be ‘tightly structured’

A machete-wielding suspect attacked three people at New York City’s Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation’s biggest

Continue readingKnifeman calling himself ‘Lucifer’ slashes three at NYC’s Grand Central

The Coachella music festival has kicked off with surprise guest actor Susan Sarandon featuring in pop star Sabrina Carpenter’s headlining performance on Friday. The actor delivered a monologue as an

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The Labour Department will be increasing inspection visits to workplaces across Barbados as part of a renewed push to improve compliance with labour legislation and strengthen labour-management relations practice. Acting

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President Irfaan Ali of Guyana Friday defended the 15-member regional integration grouping,  CARICOM, and reiterated his support for the reappointment of Dr.  Carla  Barnett as the grouping’s Secretary General for

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Hope is running out for the safe return of fisherman Othneil Harewood and Chinese national Zhi Cai Su. The men left Barbados on March 14, reportedly heading into waters described

Continue readingHope wanes for the safe return of missing fishermen

The Social Empowerment Agency (SEA) recently launched its annual Child Abuse Awareness And Prevention Month with a stark warning that neglect remains the most pervasive and damaging form of abuse

Continue readingNeglect tops child abuse cases