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BRIDGETOWN - It was a toast to women across the world. And on Monday, women from every sphere of Barbadian society came out in their numbers to represent and celebrate International Women's Day. A... |
BRIDGETOWN - A Vincentian who tried to land drugs along Barbados' northern coast learnt a lesson about the rough seas and rocky coastline the hard way. Junior St Aubin Thomas emerged bruised and ba... |
BRIDGETOWN - Barbados is not fully prepared to handle a tsunami. This is the opinion of Barbados Meteorological Services director Chester Layne. "There are still a lot of components of the tsunami ... |
BARBADOS IS NOT FULLY PREPARED to handle a tsunami. This is the opinion of Barbados Meteorological Services director Chester Layne."There are still a lot of components of the tsunami warning system . ... |
Prime Minister David Thompson tonight announced a number of changes to his administration which will see one new member joining his Cabinet and two new Parliamentary Secretaries. The following is the ... |
A SUB-CONTRACTOR yesterday recalled how he had just changed two cheques and was on his way to pay workers when two gun-toting men relieved him of $41 000, shooting him in the process.Jefferson Alleyne... |
A VINCENTIAN who tried to land drugs along Barbados' northern coast learnt a lesson about the rough seas and rocky coastline the hard way.Junior St Aubin Thomas emerged bruised and battered from the f... |
RON ELMER FREEMAN has always been present for his court dates, but the same could not be said of his accuser.However, yesterday proved to be the last day Freeman would be asked to appear on a robbery ... |
Marsha Caddle of Women's Health Advocacy Network (left) and Leah Odle-Benson of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) represented their organisations at the International Women's Day rece... |
BUBBLY ALL-ROUNDER Dwayne Bravo is back after another brief lay-off for injury and ready to boost the West Indies cricket team.Still only 25 years old, Bravo will be playing in his 100th One-Day Inter... |
by HAYDN GILL IF EVER there was a West Indies cricket fan at heart, it is Fazil Mirza. He was born in Guyana, but has been living in Canada for the past 35 years. As a passionate lover of... |
by SHERRYLYN A. TOPPIN IF THE TURNOUT at this year's National Junior Track and Field Championships is anything to go by, Barbados' athletics will continue to suffer on the international scene b... |
by HAYDN GILL ONE OF the disappointments Ricky Skerritt highlighted on resigning as West Indies manager in 2004 was the constant turnover of players. In the four years he was head of the tea... |
by TREVOR THORPE"THREE more years".That was the news from the Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) former chairman Mark Hamilton to club members at the recently-held annual general meeting held at the Barbados... |
LOCAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS have been urged to twin their fund-raising projects in order to survive the current economic challenges.The recommendation has come from National Sports Council (NSC) directo... |
PATRICK TODD yesterday took Opposition St Joseph Member of Parliament Dale Marshall to task for practising the politics of "opposing for the sake of opposing".The City MP took exception to Marshall's ... |
THERE NEEDS TO BE a completely new approach to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), and what it does for unemployed Barbadians, a Government back-bencher told the House of Assembly yesterday.Denis Kel... |
Stories by BARRY ALLEYNEBARBADOS' WIDE RANGING CULTURAL INDUSTRY is in line for the biggest shake-up in its history.And according to a ministerial statement laid in the House of Assembly yesterday, 20... |
By Lisa BayleyBRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Conveyances will be delivered shortly as part of Government's $5.00 per sq ft land programme, aimed at first time homeowners who cannot afford to buy land ... |
Women challenged to take on non-traditional roles3/10/2010By Allison Ramsay THERE is a need for more women to be involved the technical, vocational, science and technology sectors. President of ... |
BRIDGETOWN - The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is $60 million closer to modernisation. Word of this has come from Minister of the Environment Dr Denis Lowe, who revealed yesterday that Government ... |
BRIDGETOWN - It is not enough to simply form neighbourhood watches; it is important to forge community relationships to keep them relevant. Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin, in addressing the l... |
BRIDGETOWN - If you feel the earth shaking, see the sea receding or hear an unnaturally loud roaring, run as far inland as you can. Don't wait for official word because if these signs portend a tsu... |
BRIDGETOWN - The lessons learnt from the disasters in Haiti and Chile are too precious to waste, said the head of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA). What they meant, said e... |
BRIDGETOWN - Hindus in Barbados want to spread their religion and customs throughout the country to the point of convincing Government to grant national holidays for the observance of Hindu festivals.... |