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The Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) has stepped in to fight for farmers at River Plantation, St Philip whose land is being taken away by the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC).President Alister Alexander on Thursday instructed the farmers not to stop their operations and assured them that his association would back them at all costs.“BARVEN will fight. We have no choice but to fight cause that is what we do – fight for ju...

The rising cost of fuel in Barbados has prompted the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) to call for a hike in allowances for public servants.Noting that allowances have not moved in over a decade, the union’s general secretary Richard Green and president Kimberly Agard argued that with gas prices here being among the highest in the world, it was necessary for travel benefits to be adjusted upwards.Their call came on the heels of another price hike that took effect on Sunday which saw the ...

St Paul’s Primary School student Madison Smith has accomplished her goal of scoring full marks in Mathematics in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination (BSSEE).She was one of just two students to get 100 in the subject, out of the 3 000-plus students who sat the examination.The Queen’s College-bound student told the media on Tuesday, after the results were released, that she spent many hours completing past examination papers, extra homework, and revision as she prepar...

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<p>La première demi-finale de cet Euro féminin se déroule à Bramall Lane, le stade de Sheffield. Une enceinte sportive qui vibrera ce soir en soutien aux joueuses anglaises qui figurent parmi les favorites de la compétition. Les Lionnes bénéficient en effet des faveurs des pronostics en tant que pays hôte de cet Euro 2022. L'Angleterre a atteint les demi-finales des trois derniers tournois m...

One of the signature Crop Over events is returning this year, though in a slightly smaller format.Bridgetown Market, which has been a Crop Over staple for many years, was originally not planned to be part of the 2022 Crop Over season, however, according to President of the Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) Alistair Alexander, this year’s event is very much still on, just on a smaller scale.“BARVEN has embarked on staging Bridgetown Market this year… you ...

Barbados has lost as many as 70 nurses to overseas recruiters and there is the possibility more could follow suit, General Secretary of Unity Workers Union (UWU) Caswell Franklyn has warned.Franklyn, who led a strike of over 150 nurses between last December and February this year, said many of the health workers have taken up employment overseas as they were adamant they would not return to work here under existing conditions.“I can’t tell you where I get my information from but I can assure...

A St John woman has been ordered to pay a $20 000 fine for possession of a loaded firearm which she said she stole from a licensed gun holder to commit suicide.Of that amount, 40-year-old Natalie Delores Clarke, a resident of Stewart Hill, had to pay $5 000 forthwith on Thursday.She stole the .22 pistol containing ten rounds of ammunition from the vehicle of Vincent Alleyne on May 19, 2021.Alleyne had met Clarke three weeks prior to the incident, struck up a friendship, and would transport her t...

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...