Motorists are being warned to brace for higher insurance claim costs as a new levy on hired cars takes effect. From today, Government’s car rental levy comes into force, replacing

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There was no miscarriage of justice in Baggio Kristidi Decourcey Daniel’s murder trial, the Court of Appeal held yesterday. This Content Is Only For Subscribers Please subscribe to unlock this

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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today paid tribute to former Anglican Bishop of Barbados and Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies, the Right Reverend Drexel W. Gomez, who

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COME NOVEMBER 1, a new enforcement programme targeting overgrown vegetation on private housing lots will reshape how the Government addresses property maintenance and public health concerns across the island. Launched

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R&B award-winning singer Michael Eugene Archer, known to fans as D’Angelo, died aged 51 after a battle with cancer, his family said in a statement. His family said on Tuesday

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The Barbados Meteorological Services has upgraded its advisory from a Flash-flood Watch to a Flash-flood Warning for the island.  While rainfall is not expected to be continuous this afternoon, intense

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Officials from the Ministry of Educational Transformation visited the Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School this morning following the early closure of the school on Monday. The school was dismissed

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Cricket took centre stage last weekend to mark the occasion of the United Nations and UNICEF International Day of the Girl. Under the theme “The girl I am, the change

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – His Grace, the Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez, former Archbishop and Primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies and one of the Caribbean’s

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Google’s parent company Alphabet will invest $15bn (£11.29bn) to build an AI data hub in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state. The facility, which will be set up in the port

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