(Barbados Nation) Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has urged Government to revisit its plan to build 15 mini stadia, suggesting the concept is “misconceived” and that consideration be given to building fewer such facilities.
(Barbados Nation) Increased seismic activity at the Kick ‘em Jenny submarine volcano near Grenada since Friday, February 9, has placed disaster management officials on alert.
(Barbados Nation) An additional 25 000 seats out of the United States will be available for travellers when Delta Airlines makes a return to Barbados since 2016.
(Barbados Nation) With the radiotherapy machine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) out of operation for several months, close to 100 cancer patients are on a waiting list to get the life-saving procedure in other countries.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is yet to comment further on reports that some of its senior officials are now on administrative leave.
(Barbados Nation) In an effort to deal more effectively with attorneys stealing from their clients, the Barbados Bar Association has submitted sweeping changes to the Legal Profession Act, which includes a rigorous process of auditing attorney’s client accounts as well as a more rigid disciplinary procedure.
(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is being touted as one of the main contenders to be the next secretary general of the United Nations, with a fellow regional leader saying she would get his vote.
(Barbados Nation) Having staged a third march yesterday in protest of the Government’s attempt to increase the national retirement age, organisers say they are prepared to ramp up action if Government does not adjust its stance.
(Barbados Nation) The man who killed two of his girlfriends, stabbing the last one 24 times, and who was described by his father as “demon possessed” was sentenced to the rest of his natural life behind bars yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds has warned that standards of tourism in Barbados must improve after Grantley Adams International Airport’s (GAIA) recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dubai and Agencias Universales S.A.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados bid farewell to its fourth Prime Minister, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, as he was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at the St James Cemetery.
(Barbados Nation) The Central Bank of Barbados is advising residents to use the security features in the new polymer banknotes in the wake of images and video on social media purporting to show counterfeit currency.
Port of Spain, Trinidad – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) late Friday, published its judgment denying special leave in a case out of Barbados, in which Ramnarace Ramassar sought permission to appeal an ejection order obtained against him by his landlord, Stella Scantlebury.