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Barbados Royals to scout talent at grassroots level
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 30, 2025
As the Barbados Royals franchise gears up for the 2025 Caribbean Premier League season, they are instituting some key initiatives to help drive not only fan support, but also to aid in the development of cricket and young people here on the...
CAF consolidates support for Bahamas, Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua
St. Vincent Times
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June 30, 2025
The Caribbean region featured prominently during the Board of Directors meeting of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Seville, Spain, with several landmark developments in its deepening partnership with the region....
Wimbledon diary: SW19 hotter than Barbados while Sir David Beckham pays a visit
Jersey Evening Post
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June 30, 2025
Britain does not often rival the Caribbean for mercury readings, but Wimbledon was a more tropical option than Barbados on Monday as temperatures reached highs of 32.3C during the opening day of the championships. It was the hottest opening day on...
Barbados approved for CAF Series A
The Nation Barbados
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June 30, 2025
The Board of Director of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has approved a request by the Government of Barbados to be elevated to Series “A” shareholder status, CAF’s highest level of membership. The approval initiates the...
SKN Prime Minister on Bolstering Afri-Caribbean Ties at Afreximbank’s 32nd Annual Meetings
Win Media SKN
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June 30, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – The 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) recently concluded in Abuja, Nigeria, under the unifying theme, “Building the Future on Decades of Resilience.” The event...
Barbados condemns fake US travel advisory
Loop News
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Barbados authorities have described as yet another “fake report” aimed at deliberately attempting to tarnish the country’s image, a false claim that the United States had issued its highest travel advisory warning Americans not to visit the...
CAF Consolidates its support for the Caribbean with Major Approvals for The Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua.News
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June 29, 2025
(Seville, Spain. June 29, 2025) – The Caribbean region featured prominently during the Board of Directors meeting of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Seville, Spain, with several landmark developments in its...
Ghana’s Kuwabong wins presidents award at St. Martin book fair
St. Vincent Times
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June 29, 2025
Ghana’s Dannabang Kuwabong and Trinidad’s Pink Panther Win Presidents’ Award at St. Martin Book Fair 2025 Professor Dannabang Kuwabong, and kaisonian Eric “Pink Panther” Taylor, received the Presidents’ Award at the 22nd edition of the St. Martin...
Barbados’ newest political party officially launched
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 28, 2025
Barbados’ newest political party has officially been launched. Today, at its headquarters in First Avenue, Belleville, the Friends of Democracy Party held its media launch with a gathering of supporters and the announcement of several party...
Government, US Embassy, BTMI respond to false travel advisory
Barbados Today
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June 28, 2025
79 A second fake social media post in as many weeks targeting Barbados’ relationship with the United States has drawn sharp condemnation, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Kerrie Symmonds denouncing the viral message as a deliberate attempt to...
Trump slams Fed Chair Powell in handwritten note
Daily Mail
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June 30, 2025
President Donald Trump is finding novel ways to try to pressure Fed chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates – this time releasing an angry hand-written note online that casts the US central bank as behind the curve. Trump posted a chart of...
Government moving to cut million dollar pension to former prime minister
The Nation Barbados
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June 28, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday tabled legislation aimed at amending the Prime Minister’s Pension Act, which governs the payment of pensions to people who have served as prime minister and which political...
Weather map: Temperatures could soar to 35C as Britons swelter in heatwave
The Independent
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June 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
India celebrate 1st anniversary of T20 World Cup 2024 win: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma relive historic day in Barbados
Mint
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June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025 marks the first anniversary of India's historic T20 World Cup win in Barbados. Unbeaten throughout the tournament, the Men in Blue led by Rohit Sharma defeated South Africa by seven runs at Bridgetown, Barbados to break their ICC...
BIDC signs MoU with Global OTEC to advance ocean renewable energy in Barbados
St. Vincent Times
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June 28, 2025
The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) held this month in Nice, France, was the stage for an important advancement for marine renewable energy in Barbados. In the margins of the event, the Barbados Investment & Development Corporation (BIDC), through its...
Barbados Unveils Visionary Plans for CARIFESTA XV
Discover Montserrat
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June 27, 2025
With just two months until the Caribbean’s most anticipated cultural showcase, the 15th edition of CARIFESTA was officially launched on Thursday in a spirited ceremony at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. Hosted by the Government of Barbados and...
Minister of Health Leads PAHO Delegation on Tour of the New Mental Health Facility
Antigua.News
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June 27, 2025
The Honourable Sir Molwyn Joseph, Minister of Health, Wellness, the Environment and Social Transformation met with a visiting delegation from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) following a successful mental health side event held as part...
New markets being sought due to geo-political instability
The Nation Barbados
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June 28, 2025
Barbados is seeking alternative source markets for goods coming into island in light of the current geo-political instability. Leader of Public Business in the Senate, Senator Lisa Cummins, said it was important that Government looks at “risk...
Barbados Bets on Youth, Luxury, and Local Spend.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - Barbados has brought back its top business-to-business (B2B) tourism event, Connect Barbados, after five years. The event, held under the theme “From Street to Chic,” includes over 500 B2B meetings. It runs from June 23 to June...
No Bajans caught in US deportation web, says foreign minister
Barbados Today
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June 28, 2025
176 Barbados has so far escaped the wave of US immigration crackdowns that has swept the Caribbean, with no nationals reported among those targeted for deportation, Foreign Affairs Minister Kerrie Symmonds revealed on Friday. Despite growing...