Business

Power hike concern

Questions and concerns are being raised about the fuel-related hike in electricity costs which Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) says is causing its residential customers to pay at...

Accountants target social change

Finance is emerging at the frontline of social change in the Caribbean, according to the world’s largest talent...

Karen Yip Chuck appointed Republic Financial Holdings CEO

Republic Financial Holdings Limited has appointed Karen Yip Chuck as its Group President and Chief Executive Officer, subject...

Fitch flags SOE risk

International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings will be keeping a close eye on Government’s effort to improve its...

IMF, World Bank meetings offer developing nations no new answers

BANGKOK - Last week's meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank yielded no new answers for...

NATION newscast December 1, 2014

In tonight’s news:A road fatality and two shootings as Barbados celebrates Independence.Minister of Health promises a solution to shortages at the QEH.Barbados Pride pull...

Man shot by police at Browne’s Beach

POLICE HAVE REVEALED further details about today’s shooting at Browne’s Beach, St Michael.According to a release, two on-duty officers “went to effect an arrest...

Independence Parade a hit with crowd

IT WAS A sea of blue, yellow and black outside the Bridgetown Port today as a large crowd turned out for the annual Independence...

Seven Independence babies

THREE BIRTHS AFTER 7 p.m. brought the number of Independence babies to seven.Melissa Gibson, 32, gave birth to her second child at the Bayview...

UPDATE: Three injured on Browne’s Beach

ONE MAN WAS SHOT and two police officers injured during an altercation on Browne’s Beach, St Michael earlier today.Details have been very sketchy as...

Shooting in Bay Street

POLICE ARE ON the scene in Bay Street, St Michael where a man was shot and a police officer injured.One officer told NATION ONLINE...