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Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:23:39 +0000
MP tells of bank account blues
Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium be held so that Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Barbados, commercial banks and others can s...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:03:20 +0000
Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis
Barbados has the size to solve its own health crisis of noncommunicable diseases, and the food industry is being called on to help make it happen. That was the central message from Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Davidson Is...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:37:52 +0000
Spinner bowls Lodge to victory
by PHILIP HACKETT A penetrative spell of off-spin bowling from Donicko Wilson complemented a disciplined batting performance by captain Z’dari Scantlebury and inspired Milo Lodge to a comfortable victory by 22 runs over St Leonard’s Boys’ ...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:53:16 +0000
Gunman told: Bring money
A High Court Judge has warned a self-confessed gunman to come prepared to pay any fine in full. “If a fine is considered, you have to bring all of my fine. So if the fine is $20 000 you have to bring all the money,” Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovel...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:42:34 +0000
Expert sounds alarm on coral reefs
The race to protect Barbados’ coral reef has reached a make-or-break moment, with 90 per cent of the island’s coral polyps either ill, destroyed or stressed. According to head of the Regional Secretariat for the Inter-governmental Oceanographic C...

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