Barbados News

(Barbados Nation) – Far from backing down, nurses who are staging industrial action will be ramping up their efforts, says Head of the Unity Workers’ Union (UWU), Senator Caswell Franklyn.

(Barbados Nation) With four convictions for assault with intent to rape, a previous 15-year jail term for rape and two new acts committed 16 days apart, there was no doubt, said Justice Randall Worrell, that Kinchar Kenny Lavonne Mascoll was a serious danger to society.

(Barbados Nation) Reco Lamar Alkins, who was shot dead on Saturday night, was said to be a person who worked hard to achieve “things” in life.

(Barbados Nation) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) president Dr Gene Leon is urging Barbados and other regional countries to intensify their efforts to reduce corruption.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Barbados ditched Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic today with its first-ever president and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived at the Caribbean island.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles flew to Barbados as the Caribbean nation prepared for a celebration today marking the founding of a republic and the removal of the queen as sovereign, cutting imperial ties some 400 years after English ships first arrived.

(Barbados Nation) The man who was charged with the murder of Samara Bristol was remanded when he appeared in the Supreme Court before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes yesterday morning.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Mottley is hitting back at critics who questioned the reason for moving to a parliamentary republic and reopening the Golden Square Freedom Park amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Barbados Nation) Come on home! That’s Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s call to Barbadians living in the diaspora who want to help the country move forward.

(Barbados Nation) Chief Executive Officer of Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) Inc.,

(Barbados Nation) The body found in the vicinity of the Mangrove landfill on Sunday morning has been identified as that of missing woman Samara Cameisha Kymel Bristol.

(Barbados Nation) Andre Omar Jackman, Kaeron Sylvian Moore and Shane Hakeem Omar Babb will spend the next 25 years in jail, less time spent on remand.

(Barbados Nation) Government has spent approximately $60 million in the installation of four megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of various government buildings and other energy conservation projects.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to determine whether a man can be charged with raping another man in Barbados, as Crown lawyers contend that Section (3) of the Sexual Offences Act is gender-neutral.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians may soon have shorter curfew hours. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said yesterday she was “close to extending the curfew” but the decision depended on the outcome of discussion being held with the medical authorities on the point at which this should be done.

(Barbados Nation) Members of the House of Assembly and the Senate yesterday in a separate ballot, voted Governor General Dame Sandra Mason to be Barbados’ first President on November 30, 2021.

(Barbados Government Information Service) Seven Barbadians, five men and two women, lost their battle with COVID-19 between Thursday and Saturday.

(Barbados Nation) Police identified the man who was shot and killed at Kendall Hill, Christ Church, yesterday morning as Miguel Taitt.

(Barbados Nation) It is either the COVID-19 vaccine or frequent PCR tests.

(Barbados Nation) A master of picong, pioneer of traditional Barbadian music, professional.