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We need to stop gun flow, says AG
Acknowledging a noticeable increase of illegal firearms on the island, Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite suggested today that strengthening areas of weakness in Barbados...
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Top girl Soraya against the odds
At approximately 12:30 p.m. today, a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Soraya Sealy delightedly delivered the valedictory address at the Grantley Prescod Memorial Primary School graduation. There was a...
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Ex-victim an advocate for abused boys
Marq Taylor was only 11 years old when a man he and his 14 siblings looked up to as an uncle, guided him into a world of commercial sexual exploitation –– and trafficked him from that age until 17....
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We shouldn’t have to beg for resources, says principal
Complaining that some schools had greater access to resources than others, the principal of one rural primary school today appealed to the Ministry of Education to level the playing field, and to...
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Two years for robbers
Two men convicted of a spate of burglaries in the north of the island were today each given two year sentences. Jamal Oneal Hurley, 33, and Akeil Hezekiah Callender, 27, both of Deacons Farm, St...
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Fatal blow
Twenty-seven-year-old Trivaun Cadogan loved sports and was really looking forward to last night’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match at the Kensington Oval between the Barbados Tridents and Trinidad...
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Woman injured in car accident
This utility pole was broken in half after being struck by a car One woman had to be rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after the car she was driving struck a utility pole along Villa Road, St...
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Barbadians flock to sale
A large crowd converged on the premises of the former Amaryllis hotel looking for steals Scores of people flocked to the Sugar Bay hotel in Hastings, Christ Church today to purchase items at discounted...
View ArticleDeath probe
Police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a six-year-old child. Johann King, who lived at Jackson, St Michael died yesterday morning, shortly after he was...
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QEH to embark on major security enhancement project
Security at the island’s main hospital will be tightened in the coming months as authorities there seek to better protect patients and staff. Over the next three to six months, the Queen Elizabeth...
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Crying shame
A grieving grandmother is laying the blame for the demise of her grandson squarely at the door of the Barbados Child Care Board. Full of anger, frustration and pain, Margaret Gill told Barbados TODAY...
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Male shortage
A leading medical official here wants to know why Barbadian men are not joining the profession, as females continue to dominate internship positions at the main hospital. As he welcomed 29 new interns...
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DR should ‘cease and desist’, says Harris
A regional leader is calling on the Dominican Republic authorities to cease and desist with any plan that would lead to the expulsion of Dominican nationals of Haitian decent and render them stateless....
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Top seeds advance despite one upset
It was smooth sailing for all but one of the top seeds as the 2015 National Masters Squash Championships continued at the Barbados Squash Club on day two of the competition. In the quarterfinals of the...
View ArticleGilkes, Sealy for squash final
The top seeds have come good at the 2015 National Masters Squash Championships. It will now be a showdown of the “Marks” in the Men’s Over-40 final after Mark Gilkes and Mark Sealy dominated their...
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Guns made here too
Former parliamentarian Hamilton Lashley is urging the Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite to look into the issue of guns being assembled on the island. Lashley, who...
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Lashley: Rally around Guyana
Social activist Hamilton Lashley has called on Caribbean leaders to rally around Guyana in its border dispute with Venezuela. Speaking at a press conference hosted by the Caribbean Congress of...
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Boy’s father devastated by news of his death
The biological father of six-year-old Jahan King has been told of the death of his son. However, John King, who is soon-to-be released from a Canadian jail, still has no idea that Jahan had been the...
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DAD’S PAIN
The biological father of six-year-old Jahan King has been told of the death of his son. However, John King, who is soon-to-be released from a Canadian jail, still has no idea that Jahan had been the...
View ArticleSquash champions crowned
Five senior squash players –– Mark Sealy, Dean Straker, Errol Pilgrim, Andrea Goodridge and Alison Smith-Padmore –– were crowned champions when the 2015 National Masters Squash Championships concluded...
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