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With Crop Over and other public events making a return this summer, the Central Bank of Barbados is encouraging Barbadians to be vigilant when making cash transactions and to check their money as soon as they receive it.“The level of counterfeiting in Barbados is generally quite low, and has been even more so over the past two years,” revealed Octavia Gibson, Director of the Bank’s Currency and Payments Oversight Department. “But we don’t want people to become complacent. With the coun...

Despite being riddled with the grief and pain of losing their 20-year-old son Tyrese Caesar to gun violence last month, Jacqueline and Daniel Caesar have refused to let the tragedy destroy their son’s legacy.They announced the launch of the Tyrese Caesar Foundation, which they hope to be a leading voice in advocating for safer communities and an end to gun crime and to offer assistance to others affected by such violence, during an emotional vigil at Heywoods Beach, St Peter last evening.The y...

Government is in the initial stages of facilitating the establishment of a National Rehabilitation Centre specifically for athletes, accident victims, and others suffering from joint pains and injuries.Prime Minister Mia Mottley disclosed on Thursday that the new specialty facility is on the cards and could be located at the site of the Ursuline Convent School.“We are in very early stages of seeing how we can establish, either through private sector facilitation or in a public-private partners...

Barbados has the most expensive gasoline in the Caribbean and Latin America and the 11th most expensive in the world, according to globalpetrolprices.com.The leading provider of data on global fuel prices noted that as of July 4, 2022, Barbadians were paying an average of US$2.34 for gasoline, which is higher than places such as the UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Ireland and Sweden.Among other Caribbean countries, Jamaica has the second highest prices at US$1.74 per litre, followed by the Bahamas a...

It was yet another resounding victory for international certified cricket umpire Gregory Brathwaite who will serve his fifth consecutive term as President of the Barbados Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) having attained 43 votes.The electoral process was held last night at Kensington Oval where Brathwaite who has been at the helm since 2013 defeated Ricardo Harrison who tallied 19 votes. Leon Layne will serve as deputy having amassed 37 votes to Harrison’s 28. The latter also ran for the pos...

President of the United States of America Joe Biden was pictured this week smiling in photographs with prime ministers and presidents from across Latin America and the Caribbean, including our own head, Prime Minister Mia Mottley.The diplomatic storm created by the demands of some countries in the hemisphere to have all member nations of the Organisation of American States (OAS) as well as Cuba, attend the Summit of the Americas, which the American leader is playing host in Los Angeles, Californ...

Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew have claimed their second victory in Sol Rally Barbados, adding this year’s trophies to those they won on their debut in the event’s World Rally Car class in their Subaru Impreza WRC S12 in Sol RB19. After a dramatic weekend of changing fortunes among the front-runners, their margin of victory in the 32nd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event was one minute and 10 seconds.A stunning performance on his own four-wheel-drive debut earned Josh Re...

Barbados’ top road tennis players Sheldene Walrond and Mark ‘Venom’ Griffith are singing the praises of the government for levelling the playing field where both men and women will receive BDS$20, 000 cash in the June 12 Barbados Road Tennis Open tournament.The reigning number one female player Walrond who will represent the constituency of St. James South in the island-wide community-based event put on by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment said this was a great way to...

There are times when the Caribbean’s demonstration of unity, particularly among members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is admirable.Examples of the cooperation and agreement occur on several levels. We have spoken with one voice on the need to end the unconscionable United States of America economic embargo of our Caribbean neighbour, Cuba.We come together to ensure that our University of the West Indies (UWI) remains one of the premiere global higher institutions of learning.The Revise...

It is difficult to stay silent and ignore the carnage that is taking place in the United States of America where too many citizens have become so numb to the frequent mass shootings of innocent people. Frankly, the killings are acts of terrorism which the authorities there have failed to label as such.The murders have become so routine that we too, who follow the international cable news networks, have come to accept this as part of the norm for Americans.We can only grieve for the parents, rela...