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Amid the setbacks and challenges presented during the ongoing COVID pandemic, young people in Barbados are still eager to get themselves job-ready as they pursue new opportunities in the world of work.This was the view expressed on Wednesday by Senior Youth Commissioner Elizabeth Bowen, on the final day of the Get Hired programme held by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment in partnership with the Prince’s Trust International.“For the seminar, most persons are looking to gain employment because young persons coming are job-ready. They are job-ready because they meet the ...

National Hero Robyn Rihanna Fenty once told the media that Barbadians liked to use the “c” word when responding to matters or people who offended them. But there is another “c” word with which we are very familiar, and that we should never want to align ourselves with. The “c” word is corruption.For decades, the issue of corruption has been a talking point on political platforms. It was an invective that was hurled about more as a slur on the character of opponents. It was never used by politicians in any real attempt to seek evidence of said corruption, nor to take steps to root i...

A 31-year-old woman will appear in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court tomorrow charged with last Saturday’s murder of Shanice Miller.Shakira Carlann Blackman, of 4th Avenue Park Road, Bush Hall, St. Michael is accused of killing Miller who received multiple injuries during an altercation with another female along Upper James Street, near the junction of Synagogue Lane, Bridgetown.

The World Anti-Doping Agency is to review whether cannabis should remain a banned substance.The move follows American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson missing the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for the substance in June.The 21-year-old later revealed she had used cannabis to help cope with the death of her biological mother.Wada says the scientific review will begin next year and that cannabis will remain prohibited in 2022.

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has hailed the contribution of allrounder and former captain Jason Holder as the team looks to secure its first Test series win over Pakistan in almost two decades.Holder crafted a crucial first-innings knock of 58 and took 4 wickets as the team held on for a nail-biting one-wicket win to take the lead.