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Trump threatens to try to regain control of Panama Canal

23 December 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has demanded Panama reduce fees on the Panama Canal or return it to US control, accusing th...

Barbados ‘needs childcare investment’

23 December 2024

Two Barbadian economists are making a case for more investment in universal childcare in Barbados, arguing that such a m...

Doc: Enjoy in moderation

22 December 2024

While individuals are being encouraged to enjoy the merriment of the Christmas season, they are also being urged to eat ...

Police investigating shooting incident at Brandons

22 December 2024

2nd Ave Brandons, St Micheal. (Picture by Shanice King) Share post: Police are currently on the scene of a reported shoo...

Syria’s minorities seek security as country charts new future

22 December 2024

Driving into Mezzeh 86, a working-class neighbourhood in the west of Damascus, we are waved through a checkpoint manned ...

50 new principals for primary schools next term

22 December 2024

President of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Rudy Lovell. FILE Share post: President of the Barbados Union of Teachers (...

De Peiza comes under fire

22 December 2024

Faith Marshall-Harris, the expert for the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has taken umbrage to state...

Baseball legend Henderson dies aged 65

22 December 2024

Henderson set a number of records in his 25-year MLB career Share post: Rickey Henderson, Major League Baseball’s reco...

Blake Lively accuses co-star Justin Baldoni of smear campaign

22 December 2024

Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and ...

Update: Nine-year-old among five killed in attack on German Christmas market

21 December 2024

A nine-year-old child and four adults have been killed, and more than 200 injured after a car drove into a crowd at a Ch...