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Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:35:51 +0000Shaw’s record hat-trick moves City closer to WSL title
Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw scored a superb first half hat-trick as Manchester City inched closer to the Women’s Super League (WSL) title with a 5-2 trouncing of Tottenham Hotspur here on Saturday. The Jamaican international found the back of th...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:20:56 +0000Murderer to serve 38 years
A calculated and cold killing which deserved a punitive and deterrent sentence. That was how Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell described Shakira Carlann Blackman’s murder of Shanice Miller five years ago. “The actions of [Blackman] were premeditate...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:16:28 +0000Straughn: An investment in creative sector
Government is defending a staggering overrun of an originally approved $4 million for CARIFESTA XV to an additional $31.7 million revealed in the House of Assembly on Wednesday night. The figure led to a verbal battle over the airwaves betw...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000When water flows, equality grows
Have you ever thought about the link between water and gender? It has probably never crossed your mind, yet every day that link is played out in our communities and our homes. Water is life for all of us, and for World Water Day, the United Nations u...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:52:53 +0000BTS make live return in front of huge crowd
Fans poured into the historic heart of South Korea’s capital for the return of the world’s most successful band in recent years, BTS. According to entertainment company HYBE, about 104,000 people attended the concert on Saturday at Gwangh...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:13:52 +0000Escaped prisoner back in police custody
Jadon O’Neal Branker, 22, of 6th Avenue, Kendal Crescent, Christ Church, who escaped lawful custody on Friday, has been returned to police custody. Branker, the subject of an “Escaped Prisoner” bulletin issued earlier today, voluntarily present...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:06:37 +0000Missing woman traced
Vaneta Trotman, 52, of Rockhampton Road, Grazettes, who was reported missing on Friday, has been safely located, the Barbados Police Service confirmed.
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Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:55:18 +0000Four displaced, two injured in Skeete’s Road fire
Four occupants have been displaced and two others sustained injuries after a fire at Skeete’s Road, Bank Hall. St Michael, early this morning. Divisional Officer Marlon Small said they received the call just before 9 a.m., and responded with th...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:10:54 +0000No tsunami threat to Barbados after 6.9 magnitude earthquake
The Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) has advised that there is no tsunami threat to Barbados following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake recorded this morning. According to the BMS, the earthquake occurred at approximately 8:17 a.m. today near the nor...
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:09:54 +0000Police searching for escaped prisoner following court incident
Update Jadon O’Neal Branker, 22, of 6th Avenue, Kendal Crescent, Christ Church, who escaped lawful custody on Friday, has been returned to police custody. Branker, the subject of an “Escaped Prisoner” bulletin issued earlier today, voluntarily ...