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Poultry industry: T&T shortages unlikely here
Barbados has avoided egg supply disruptions affecting other regional markets, with local producers assuring consumers that poultry production re…
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Nieuws uit Barbados
Laatste berichten en historisch nieuws uit Barbados. Hoofdstad: Bridgetown.
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Maatschappij
Education advocates urge transparency, deeper scrutiny following CXC results
Two education advocates have called for greater operational transparency, comprehensive public reporting and deeper national inquiries into stud…
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Economist flags potential policyholder impact after ICBL investment diluted
Insurance Corporation of Barbados’ (ICBL) stake in a Canadian company has been diluted after additional shares were issued, prompting economist…
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Politiek
NHC reports progress on housing handovers, tenant ownership
Nearly 500 families have received homes under the government’s latest housing initiatives, while thousands of long-term NHC tenants await legal…
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Retiree fined over cannabis possession
After police found him smoking cannabis, Lordon Emmanuel Beckles tried to swallow it. Now the 66-year-old resident resident of Ashby Alley, Nels…
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Domestic Terrorism Bill targets brazen public violence
Barbados needs a stronger legal response to increasingly brazen and violent crimes in public spaces, Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams said on W…
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Union urges govt to raise air traffic controllers’ pay, recognise specialist skills
An urgent pay increase and national recognition for air traffic controllers are needed to prevent the country from losing skilled aviation worke…
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Export opportunities identified for small biz
Small and medium-sized businesses have significant untapped opportunities to export products and services to markets across the Caribbean and La…
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Wetenschap
Bajan academics drawn in Cambridge University row about race, rigour, and reputation
Sonita Alleyne, OBE, the Barbados-born 41st Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, and the first woman to lead Jesus College since its foundation i…
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Gezondheid
Medical students to benefit from $3.6m rescue plan
A $3.6m (US$1.8m) endowment is to help University of the West Indies medical students struggling to meet tuition costs, officials announced Mond…
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Suarez Bros’ circus plans Garrison reopening
A week after being forced to leave the Belle, the Suarez Brothers Circus plans to reopen at Garrison Savannah on Friday, while management counts…
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Haitian national remanded over thefts
Haitian national Juninho Fils Bien-Aimé has been remanded to custody until September 14 after admitting to stealing cash, clothing and barbering…
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Politiek
Coastal resilience project to start later this year
A $105.8m coastal resilience programme, mostly financed by the Inter-American Development Bank, is expected to begin construction later this yea…
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Officials: Take extra care against measles
Barbados is being urged to tighten its defences against measles as the Americas confront their worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease i…
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Eagle Archives, Aug. 17, 1974: Retired policeman, sailor discover mutual love of a legendary whaler
Eagle Archives, Aug. 17, 1974: Stephen Miller recalled his 1918 voyage aboard the Wanderer, the world’s last whaling ship under sail.
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Escapee back in police custody
Tyrese Leroy Farrell, who was the subject of an “Escaped Prisoner” bulletin issued yesterday, is now in police
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Career thief jailed for three months
His admission of stealing slippers from the display of a City store on Thursday, has left a 55-year-old man serving a three-month jail sentence.
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Maatschappij
Longer time for Common Entrance Exam
The Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) isn’t going anywhere for the time being. The Ministry of Education Transformation h…