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BWA completes repairs to diameter main at Mango Drive – Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

The Barbados Water Authority completed repairs to a large diameter main at Mango Drive, Porters, St. James, around 3 a.m. this morning.The large diameter main is a transmission main which moves water along the Highway One corridor.As a result, the BWA advised customers in Speightstown, Battaleys, Mullins, Heywoods, Gibbs, Lower Carlton, Porters, The Garden, Mount Standfast, Weston, Roadview and surrounding areas that they may be affected by a wa…Read Article

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NCF in full preparation mode for Crop Over 2025 – Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

The National Cultural Foundation is in full preparation mode for the sweetest summer festival, Crop Over 2025.Chief Executive Officer Carrol Roberts says the planning of the festival has been a successful undertaking thus far.And today, members of the media were invited to witness a planning meeting at the Foundation’s boardroom in West Terrace, St James.Roberts says it is important for the public to note that there is strong attention to detail…Read Article

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Griffith granted $10,000 bail – Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

Accused Mario Brett Griffith appeared before Magistrate Wayne Clarke at the Holetown Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded not guilty to multiple cannabis-related offences as well as assaulting a police officer.He was granted bail in the sum of $10,000 and is scheduled to reappear on 28 August, 2025.Photo of Mario Brett Griffith provided by the Barbados Police Service.Read Article

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‘Not helpful’: Wickham says Stuart reappearance could deepen DLP’s troubles - Barbados Today

The Democratic Labour Party’s latest by-election drubbing has been compounded by the unexpected re-emergence of former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to the political fray, says pollster Peter Wickham, warning that his re-emergence risks deepening the party’s woes rather than reviving its fortunes. Reacting to Stuart’s recent remarks defending the party’s performance in by-election and cautioning critics against writing the party’s “obituary”, W…Saint James, Barbados · Saint JamesRead Article

Closure of courts at Holetown

The Holetown Magistrates’ Court Complex, Holetown, St James, is now closed to all business due to maintenance work currently being conducted at theSaint James, Barbados · Saint JamesRead Article

Education Minister committed to resolving challenges

Reappointed Minister of Educational Transformation, Chad Blackman, is committed to working with teachers’ unions and other stakeholders to fix the challenges affecting the education sector.Minister Blackman made the appeal while promising Barbadians that the ministry will walk the length and breadth of the country, through the transformation agenda.He was speaking at a rally to celebrate his victory after winning last Wednesday’s by-election in …Education · Saint JamesRead Article

Seven years of triumph

St James North was a hive of activity yesterday, as the Barbados Labour Party celebrated two victories.The party celebrated the victory of Member of Parliament and Minister of Educational Transformation, Chad Blackman, winning last Wednesday’s by-election in St James North, as well as the Government’s seventh anniversary in office.Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley accompanied Blackman on a motorcade throughout the constituency, and that was immedi…Saint James, Barbados · Saint JamesRead Article

Youth interested in politics

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, has called for a mechanism that shows the age of voters in political elections. He was speaking in Golden Square at the launch of the Senior Games, where he stated that there is this concept that young people are not interested in politics, but he believes that is the furthest thing from the truth.Humphrey believes that if there were a mechanism in place, it would have shown that t…Saint James, Barbados · Saint JamesRead Article

By-election shapes DLP hopeful’s strategy for general poll - Barbados Today

Aspiring Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate Dale Rowe has described the recent St James North by-election as an ideal training ground for the next general election, constitutionally due in 2027.   Rowe, recently selected to contest the upcoming national poll under the DLP banner in the City of Bridgetown constituency, told Barbados TODAY he fully embraced the opportunity to observe, participate, and plan ahead. He said the experience on the…Saint James, Barbados · Saint JamesRead Article

St James by-election result highlights DLP decline, voter apathy - Barbados Today

The Friends of Democracy political group has suggested that the resounding by-election defeat of Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate Felicia Dujon on Wednesday may be rooted in Ralph Thorne’s decision to rejoin the party. Chad Blackman of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won 2 723 votes, or 84 per cent of the 3 231 ballots cast, compared with Dujon’s 468 votes. Her total was 140 votes short of what DLP candidate Charles Worrell secured in the…Saint James, Barbados · Saint JamesRead Article

Hunt for escaped prisoner Kishon Thomas continues – Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

It has been exactly three weeks since Kishon Lemar Anderson Thomas escaped the custody of prison officers at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.Superintendent of Prisons, DeCarlo Payne, says all efforts are still ongoing to recapture the 26-year-old, also known as Pappy, Paps, or Tom, formerly of Sea View, St. James.He also says the investigation into how Thomas escaped from officers at the QEH is still underway.Superintendent Payne noted that they wi…Saint James, Barbados · Saint JamesRead Article

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