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Minister of Tourism for Barbados and Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Ian Gooding-Edghill (right), and Andrea Franklin, chairman of the board of directors of the CTO, at the opening ceremony of the SOTIC 2025 now on at the Hilton Barba
01 Oct, 2025 0

Tourism bubble

Bridgetown, Barbados: Barbados’ Minister of Tourism Ian Gooding-Edghill yesterday told attendees at the opening of the 2025 State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), in Bridgetown, that the…
Judge Ruth Lawrence in 2008.
01 Oct, 2025 0

Judicial anguish

Western Bureau: As members of the legal fraternity grieved the shocking death of Trelawny Parish Judge Ruth Lawrence, police yesterday outlined how her spouse’s detailing of the 14 hours leading up…
Taura Cammock, chief executive officer of Eyes by Taura, is plum perfection in a curve-hugging bodysuit.
01 Oct, 2025 0

Something Extra | Friday

Beer & Blaze made its debut last weekend at Mignott Estate in Clarendon, transforming the venue into a bonfire escape. The inaugural staging of Coastal Ember Escapes’ Bonfire Escape series treated…
This undated photo released by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)
01 Oct, 2025 0

Tennessee court sets execution date for the state's only woman on death row and three male inmates

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received the death sentence…
Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was last seen on July 11, 2022.
01 Oct, 2025 0

Recalled witness frustrated with legal process

A Kingston delivery man hired by Constable Noel Maitland to remove a sofa from his apartment expressed frustration yesterday after being recalled to the witness stand. “A hope mi naa fi come back yah,…
Representative Adriano Espailat speaks during a news conference on the impact of government shutdown on Americans health care on Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington.
01 Oct, 2025 0

Democrats embrace shutdown fight in rare moment of unity against Trump

NEW YORK (AP): On this, at least, the Democrats agree: It’s time to fight. Whether far-left activists, Washington moderates or rural conservatives, Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are…
Dr Andrew Holness (left) and Paul Buchanan.
01 Oct, 2025 0

Constituted Authority denies request to void election results in Holness' constituency

The Constituted Authority has refused an application by People's National Party candidate Paul Buchanan to void the September 3 poll results in the St Andrew West Central constituency. Jamaica…
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, in New York on September 30.
01 Oct, 2025 0

Cuban foreign minister says Rubio’s ‘personal and corrupt’ agenda risks peace prospects

NEW YORK (AP): Recent US escalations in the Caribbean are a result of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “personal” agenda against the region, Cuba’s top diplomat said, adding that his American…
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01 Oct, 2025 0

11 police officers arrested following killing of five suspects

SANTO DOMINGO (AP): Authorities in the Dominican Republic have detained 11 police officers following the killing of five suspected criminals during a police operation last month. The arrests, made on…