Two per cent decline in CSEC pass rate
A two per cent decline in the pass rate for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations has been recorded this year. A recently published statement on the Caribbean Examination...
View ArticleWater relief
The Minister in charge of managing the country’s critical water resource is touting desalination as the only solution to the island’s perennial water woes. Over the last 12 months, residents, mainly in...
View ArticleBank will not pass asset tax rise charges on to customers
At least one commercial bank is promising to spare its customers increased fees following the rise in the bank asset tax. CIBC First Caribbean International Bank said for the time being it would find...
View ArticleStunning century
Melvy Urene Harewood did a lot of good in her younger days. And as she celebrated her 100th birthday Thursday with a visit from Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave, family and friends, Harewood...
View ArticleSmall’s miracle
Two months after he was involved in a serious vehicular accident that nearly took his life, 32-year-old motorcyclist Nigel Small has left the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Queen Elizabeth...
View ArticleDrought still affecting water supply – Brathwaite
The onset of the rainy season in June has done little to improve the water supply situation here, according to Chairman of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) Dr Atlee Brathwaite. Brathwaite said...
View ArticleHorror at home
A movie night in their living room turned deadly for 47-year-old Andre Hinds when intruders used a crowbar to force their way into his Northumberland, St Lucy home and shot him multiple times just...
View ArticleSpend more
President of the Guild of Students at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Olvine Holas today made a strong plea to regional governments to put more money into financing...
View ArticleUWI students’ guild to assist financially struggling pupils
The Guild of Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus is stepping up to assist students who need help with paying their tuition fees. President of the Guild Olvine Holas...
View ArticleLast ride
The roaring sounds of motorcycle engines could be heard in the distance in St James today when a large section of the biking fraternity followed 26-year-old Jamar Grazette on his last ride to the St...
View ArticleJones wants business sector to invest in school buildings
Minister of Education Ronald Jones has challenged entrepreneurs here to get into the school construction business. Speaking this morning at the opening of a state-of-the-art White Hall, St Pater-based...
View Article‘Remember Campus Trendz six’
Church leader Thelma Gill Barnett is appealing to Barbadians not to forget the six young women who perished in the Campus Trendz fire six years ago. Speaking this morning at a September 3 Foundation...
View ArticlePaying for more babies could backfire – Gill Barnett
A local church leader is warning that any calls for Barbadian women to produce more children could backfire. Thelma Gill Barnett today said it was necessary to have a discussion on the island’s...
View ArticleCampus Trendz lawsuit resumes next month
The family members of the victims of the Campus Trendz tragedy will return to court on Tuesday October 4, to find out how their case against state agencies and the business owners will proceed....
View ArticleCherece is on top again
Last year’s winner of the Richard Stoute Teen Talent Competition, Cherece Richards, is on top again. This time, the 16-year-old is showing that she has more than just a powerful voice, creating history...
View ArticleUntimely death leaves Weekes family in shock
When Everton Hamilton Weekes went to give a friend a ride home last night neither he nor his family thought he would not make it back. The 42-year-old government messenger of Passage Road, St Michael...
View ArticleSheer trauma
The family of Jamar Scott will forever be haunted by the fact that the 30-year-old burn victim never made it to a burn trauma and treatment centre abroad for medical care. Scott died at the Queen...
View ArticleDawn fights back
At the peak of her childbearing years, Dawn Williams had a hysterectomy. It had nothing to do with a lack of desire to become a mother; the pain she had suffered from was just too much to bear. But the...
View ArticleParents in shock over daughter’s death
The father of the young woman who collapsed and died at her St George home Sunday says his daughter was not suffering from any illness known to the family. Sada Watts, 24, of Redland, was an employee...
View Article‘No rapist’
Family members of Acting Station Sergeant Glenville Alleyne have expressed hurt over swirling accusations of paedophilia and statutory rape that might have led to his death. Alleyne, a member of the...
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