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Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:50:43 +0000Health Ministry monitoring meningitis outbreak in UK
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it will continue to monitor the Meningococcal Disease (Meningitis) Outbreak in the United Kingdom (UK), while noting that the risk for Barbados is low. The most current information indicates that only person...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:39:10 +0000Charles F. Broome closes early due to cleaning odours
Classes at the Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School ended early today after complaints of lingering odours following industrial cleaning. The Ministry of Education Transformation said that while the school had been prepared for classes, some are...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:09:21 +0000Jamaica grabs two silver medals at World Indoors
Jamaica became the first English speaking Caribbean country to secure medals at the World Athletics Indoor Championships at the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena in Torun, Poland. Kishane Thompson ran his fastest-ever time in an indoor 60 metres to grab the si...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:34:57 +0000ICAB brings Budget home
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (ICAB) is urging Barbadians to look beyond headline figures from the 2026 Budgetary Proposals and Financial Statement, stressing that understanding how the measures affected everyday living...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:25:43 +0000Chuck Norris, macho star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’, dies at 86
Chuck Norris, the former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero who fought the bad guys in “Code of Silence,” “Missing in Action” and “The Delta Force” and upheld the law in the TV series “Walker, T...