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Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:42:49 +0000US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela
WASHINGTON – The US Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorisation, even as Trump said U.S. oversight of the troubled ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:14:20 +000040 years for murder
Convicted murderer Raheem Travonte Barnett, who was described as a “danger to society”, was sentenced to 40 years in prison by the No. 4 Supreme Court yesterday. “The court is of the view that the callous manner in which you shot the deceased i...
Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:03:38 +0000CXC moves to support Jamaican students
KINGSTON – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced the accommodations that will be made for Jamaican students who have been negatively affected by Hurricane Melissa for the May-June sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certif...
Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000Economic growth ‘to weaken’ this year
The private consumption and external demand which stimulated economic growth in Barbados and the region in recent times, will weaken this year, causing Latin America and the Caribbean economies to lose some steam amid rising global uncertainty. That ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000BAS renews call for increase in pork tariffs
The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) has renewed its call for a sharp increase in tariffs on imported pork, warning that without urgent action, local pig farmers will continue to be squeezed out of the market despite growing domestic production ca...