Government is taking significant steps to address housing challenges and provide enhanced social assistance for individuals and families in need of rent aid. Recent data indicates a gradual decrease in …
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Term two started with a boost for the Hilda Skeene Primary School’s special unit as it received educational materials which will allow teachers to create lessons and activities to appeal …
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President of the Barbados Cancer Society (BCS), Professor David Rosin, has urged the public to participate in its annual raffle “to save lives”, and also issued another call for more …
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The public is advised that the Barbados Drug Service (BDS) is piloting a new Pharmacy Management System at the David Thompson Health and Social Services Complex, Glebe Land, St John, …
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By Rawle Toney Barbados should establish a robust breeding programme for Blackbelly Sheep before entering into further exporting agreements, according to the President of the Barbados Sheep Farmers. Rommel Parris …
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On Wednesday, January 17, the Judiciary of Barbados received the deeply wounding news of the passing of Justice of Appeal Jefferson O’Brien Cumberbatch. We were aware that he was battling …
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‘M 50’, the iconic registration for the personal car of every Prime Minister of Barbados since Errol Barrow, is on the plates of an electric upgrade of the PM’s Mercedes …
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Approximately 60 senior male students at the Princess Margaret Secondary School engaged in a motivational session organised by the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) on Friday. DLP leader Dr Ronnie Yearwood …
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Despite rapidly growing interest in the medical cannabis industry, the head of the industry’s regulator has identified banking obstacles at the top of several challenges hampering investment. Shanika Roberts-Odle, the …
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UWI gets first cannabis research and development licence
by Shamar Bluntby Shamar Bluntby Shamar Blunte The Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) has formally granted the University of the West Indies (UWI) its first research and development licence to turn marijuana into …