Barbados News

(Barbados Nation) The first Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Sir Courtney Blackman was yesterday remembered and praised for the breadth of his contribution to Barbados but particularly for the establishment of a Barbados financial institution of which the island is proud.

(Barbados Nation) The man who was the subject of a wanted notice was shot and killed in Lower Gills Road, St Michael yesterday after reportedly exchanging gunfire with police.

(Barbados Today) Noted cultural practitioner Clairmonte Taitt had died.  In a statement,  The National Cultural Foundation praised his work and contribution to the arts. 

(Barbados Nation) The arrivals hall of the Grantley Adams International Airport was busy yesterday afternoon when three flights from international airlines arrived, including Air Canada, which restarted passenger flights to Barbados following a four-month suspension.

(Barbados Nation) The Celebrity Millennium will be the first ship to arrive in Barbados on Monday, June 7, under the new protocols for cruises dedicated to fully vaccinated travellers.

(Barbados Nation) Artiste Peter Ram has expressed his “sincere apology” for his participation in a freestyle Trojan Riddim Mix which he said was recorded a year-and-a-half ago.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley isn’t fooling herself. The Barbados Labour Party leader on Sunday night boasted of many things her administration had been able to achieve in the first three years in office, but said there was still plenty to be done.

(Barbados Nation) The Royal Barbados Police Force is continuing investigations into the death of a police officer who was shot and killed while responding to an attempted robbery in his neighbourhood of Rose Hill, St Peter on Saturday night.

(Barbados Nation) A new COVID-19 Directive will take effect from May 18 through June 7 and there will be an ease in restrictions for more groups.

(Barbados Nation) It was smooth sailing for at least four primary schools yesterday at the start of the phased resumption of face-to-face classes.

(Barbados Nation) – A major Barbados insurance industry merger pursued since 2019 has been completed.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian LIAT workers who last week appealed to Prime Minister Mia Mottley through the office of the Opposition Leader, will be receiving a one-off gift of Bds$2 000 and a plan is being put in place for them to receive assistance over the long term.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbadian former employees of LIAT 1974 Limited are at the end of their tether.

(Barbados Nation) Moments before being sentenced yesterday, Donville Inniss delivered a lengthy and passionate plea in a United States Federal Court in New York, saying that for the past 32 months he had endured public humiliation, immeasurable pain, financial ruin, poor health and shattered relationships.

A former Minister of Industry and elected member of Parliament of Barbados was sentenced today to two years in prison for his role in a scheme to launder bribe payments from a Barbadian insurance company through bank accounts in New York, according to a release from the US Department of Justice.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians were last night given a little more freedom to move about, play and do their business.

(Barbados Nation) The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) said in a bulletin on its Facebook Page yesterday that there was another explosive eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines at 4:49 p.m.

(Barbados Nation) CASTRIES – Caribbean teachers objected to the Carib-bean Examinations Council (CXC) decision to conduct the CSEC and CAPE examinations as “a full-blown exercise” this year.

(Barbados Nation) Conman and thief Ricardo Cortez Browne has an unenviable record when it comes to appearances before the law courts.

(Barbados Nation) Deputy Prime Minister of St Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG), Montgomery Daniel said the agriculture sector is non-existent on the eastern side of the La Soufriere volcano, which erupted last Friday.