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Successful duathlon at Bushy Park
The Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes (BFIT) concluded the first ever BFIT Bushy Park Duathlon on Sunday that consisted of two race categories: road bike (adult and youth, male and female) and...
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Body found in suitcase in Italian port
ROME – Police are investigating the discovery of an Asian woman’s body in a suitcase at the Italian port town of Rimini. The woman likely died of malnutrition and showed signs of extended physical...
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TRINIDAD – Not safe
PORT OF SPAIN – A threat by an 11-year-old boy to stab someone at school reignited protest action by parents of pupils attending the Santa Rita Roman Catholic School in Rio Claro on Tuesday. The school...
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BLP ready for battle
Barbados is in a worse condition today than it was during the economic crisis of the early 1990s, which led to the downfall of the then Erskine Sandiford (now Sir Lloyd) administration, Opposition...
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Not biting
The fish are not biting in the north this Lenten season, forcing vendors to go south for their catch. And with Easter just 19 days away, the neighbourhood fisherfolk are worried that business simply...
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Let’s learn from our water woes
For those accepting of biblical scriptures, King Solomon was said to be the wisest of men. He has been quoted as suggesting that in the day of prosperity, to be joyful, but in the day of adversity,...
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A new island home
Thirteen thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven kilometres. That is the distance that separates Lynn Beckles from her family in Barbados. Since March 2015, Lynn has called the Pacific paradise of...
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Shakespeare with a Caribbean flavour
Imagine, if you will, a Shakespeare play in a Bajan accent. Well, imagine no more! All you have to do is watch the movie A Caribbean Dream and your imagination becomes reality. The movie, which is a...
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Jazz and art to benefit UWI students
The cool sounds of jazz permeated The Mount Restaurant on the grounds of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus on Sunday night. Beautiful works of art from local artists were also on...
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SYRIA – Damascus attaches conditions to UN inquiry
DAMASCUS – The Syrian foreign minister has set out conditions for any UN investigation into the deaths of dozens of people from a chemical agent on Tuesday. Walid Muallem told the BBC it would have to...
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Flow joins CARIFTA Games again
The excitement is steadily building as the Caribbean’s best junior athletes begin their final preparations for the highly anticipated 2017 Flow CARIFTA Games in the Dutch isle of Curacao. More than 600...
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PHILADELPHIA – Facebook murder suspect dead
PENNSYLVANIA – Police say a man suspected of randomly shooting a grandfather on an Ohio street and posting video of the killing to Facebook has taken his own life. Steve Stephens’ car was spotted on...
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Pakistani PM survives corruption allegations
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif survived a Supreme Court ruling Thursday over corruption allegations that could have seen him ousted from office. The five-judge panel, formed by...
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NUPW left out of economic consultations
The island’s largest public sector union Monday accused Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of treating it with “scant respect”. The charge was levelled by the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) in a...
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Donna down under
When Donna Shepherd first heard about Australia during a Geography class in first form, she went home and told her family she wanted to visit during summer so she would get to see snow – since seasons...
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Brazil ministerial building set on fire during clashes
BRASILIA –– Angry demonstrators in Brasilia have started a fire inside the ministry of agriculture and have damaged several other ministerial buildings. Brazilian authorities estimate around 35,000 are...
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Mission possible
West Indies Women, the reigning queens of the International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup, now have their eyes on another prize, this time it’s the ICC’s 50-Over title. Speaking with the media...
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Young ladies jostling for play-offs
As the preliminaries of the National Sports Council’s Pine Hill Dairy Primary Schools Netball Championship wind down, teams are shooting for a place in the play-offs. St Martin’s Mangrove Primary...
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TRINIDAD – No confidence
PORT OF SPAIN –– The Law Association last night called on Chief Justice Ivor Archie to step down after passing historic no-confidence motions against the CJ and members of the Judicial and Legal...
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West Indies sweep Afghanistan
Veteran Marlon Samuels dominated with a classy career-best half-century as West Indies brushed aside minnows Afghanistan by seven wickets in the final Twenty20 International to sweep the three-match...
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