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St. Giles Principal and Workers at Standoff

St. Giles Principal and Workers at Standoff

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Queen Elizabeth II is Dead

Queen Elizabeth II is Dead

Queen Elizabeth II, the Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, died today 8th. September 2022 at Balmoral Castle. She was 96 years old. Her son Charles is now King and Charles’ Wife Camilla; Queen Consort. Prince William, the Duke of...

UK’s Queen Elizabeth Under Medical Supervision

UK’s Queen Elizabeth Under Medical Supervision

(BBC) The Queen is under medical supervision at Balmoral after doctors became concerned for her health, Buckingham Palace has said. All the Queen's children have gathered at her Scottish estate near Aberdeen. "Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen's...

CNN Anchor Bernard Shaw Dead at 82

CNN Anchor Bernard Shaw Dead at 82

(CNN) Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement Thursday. Shaw was 82. Shaw was CNN's first chief anchor and was with the network when it launched on June 1, 1980. He retired from...

Five More Die from Covid-19

Five More Die from Covid-19

537 is the new death toll from the dreaded Covid -19 in Barbados after 5 people lost theirfight to Covid, one of which was an 82-year-old man who died on Tuesday 23 rd August 2022.Along with this the Coroner’s office reported four other Covid -19 deaths in the...

Vaccine requirement waived for three one day cricket series

Vaccine requirement waived for three one day cricket series

Cricket lovers can relax and enjoy the three one day cricket series between New Zealand and WestIndies at the Kensington Oval, the first of three matches which starts today at 2pm. Cricket officials said the mandated vaccination status for persons to watch cricket has...

Four Barbadian Athletes headed to NACAC

Four Barbadian Athletes headed to NACAC

Four Barbadians athletes are on their way to the NACAC Open Championship being held inFreeport, Grand Bahamas from August 19 th – August 21 st 2022.These four athletes are Gold Medalist Sada Williams, 110m silver medalist Shane Brathwaite,Kuron Griffith and Sonia...

Williams Takes Gold At Commonwealth Games

Williams Takes Gold At Commonwealth Games

Barbadian athlete Sada Williams took gold in an effortless run of 49.90 in the Women’s 400M final whilst breaking the standing record as the first woman in the history of the Commonwealth games to go under 50 seconds.   This is the athletes first gold medal from...

Bronze for Jones at CWG Mens 400M

Bronze for Jones at CWG Mens 400M

Jonathan Jones of Barbados takes bronze medal with a time of 44.89 in the Commonwealth games in the Men’s 400M final in Birmingham, England. Mathew Hudson-Smith of England took silver with 44.81 and Muzala Samukonga of Zambia took gold with a PB of 44.66. The...

Golden Soca Delivers Talent Galore

Golden Soca Delivers Talent Galore

 It was the best of the best on Saturday night at Ball Park Entertainment Centre. The best of the best of Barbadian soca artists graced the stage after the prelude of soca music Admiral Nelson style. MC for the evening Jennifer Walker kept the crowd thoroughly...

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