JAPAN – Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for government employees next year to encourage young people to get married and start families. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced employees of the metropolitan
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Christmas 2024 should be a safe one. That is the hope of the Barbados Police Service, which will have an extra 400 law enforcement officers available for the next few
Long shadows stretch across the colonial-era buildings of Speightstown, St Peter, where tourists stroll leisurely along sidewalks, cameras in hand, admiring the architecture. Yet behind the picturesque nature of this
Ten years after Larry Cox was brutally attacked and struck in the head with a hammer by armed bandits, he is still awaiting compensation. The 72-year-old Cox was entering Scotiabank,
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Serve notice! That is the response from president of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) Marilyn Rice-Bowen to Government’s rollout of the cashless system on Transport Board buses from
Barbadians are flocking to various locations across the island to secure their Christmas trees for the yuletide season, with many showing a strong preference for authentic trees over artificial ones.
BIM TIPSY returned with a bang at the National Botanical Gardens, Waterford, St Michael on Sunday. While the event was not without its challenges, the artistes, especially the Bajan acts,
Paradise Women’s Football Club were crowned champions of the Barbados Football Association (BFA) Women’s Development Cup seven-a-side competition with an impressive 4-1 victory over Weymouth Wales in the final, played
The prosecution and defence have agreed that 15 years should be the starting point for self-confessed killer Keino Nakito Griffith’s manslaughter sentence. And today, he will find out if Justice
The Michaelmas School Term (Term I) comes to an end this week, as public schools across Barbados close for the Christmas holidays. The last day of school for students will