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Sat, 23 May 2026 15:09:58 +0000
Arsonist awaits fate
Next Friday is decision day for self-confessed arsonist Kimberly Shantelle Brathwaite. That’s when she will learn the punishment for starting the fire, which began when she torched her boyfriend’s clothes, and which went on to damage a six-apartm...

Sat, 23 May 2026 15:01:33 +0000
DLP: Law too soft on money behind gangs
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) says while it is backing Government’s proposed anti-gang legislation, the bill in its current form does not go far enough to dismantle the financial and organisational structures driving violent crime in Barbados. ...

Sat, 23 May 2026 14:52:08 +0000
Alpha get first word on Day 1
Alpha Sharks Swim Club (ASSC) made the strongest statement on the opening day of the 34th annual Sonia O’Neal Memorial Aquatics Centre Invitational, finishing Thursday’s session atop the standings with 204 points at the Barbados Aq...

Sat, 23 May 2026 14:36:44 +0000
Franklyn slams NISSS portability plan
General secretary of Unity Workers Union (UWU) Caswell Franklyn is charging that the portability of national insurance benefits which Member of Parliament Toni Moore has introduced in the House of Assembly in a Private Member’s Resolution, is simpl...

Sat, 23 May 2026 14:31:30 +0000
President Trump says Caribbean green card seekers must now return home to apply
In a stunning move on Friday, the Trump administration in the United States announced that Caribbean and other applicants for permanent residency status, or green card, must return to their homeland to apply. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (...

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