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PM credits World Bank

Barbados borrowing at lower interest rate has enabled it to do projects that would have otherwise been placed on the back burner. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley pointed this out...

Missing 12-year-old girl traced

Ariel Holder, 12, of Bridgecot Terrace, St George, who was reported missing on Thursday, November 5, has been...

Police seek vehicle of interest

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a vehicle of interest. The vehicle...

Plans underway for landmark pharmaceutical plant

Plans are under way to establish a $64 million pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Barbados to produce intravenous (IV)...

Barbadian environmental advocate receives Irene Dankelman Ecofeminist Award at COP17

Yemi Knight, Founder and Executive Director of AnchorBridge Environmental Inc. (ABE), has been named one of three recipients...

Polyclinic staff off the job

Staff of at least two polyclinics are currently off the job.The Nation understands that from around 9 a.m. nurses at the Winston Scott Polyclinic...

Eagle Hall post office closed

A few people were surprised to find the Eagle Hall Post Office was closed this morning.A notice sent via the Barbados Government Information Service...

More than 300 return home

Three hundred and thirty persons left Barbados early this morning on a one-way flight to the United Kingdom (UK) on British Airways.Most of them...

Ministry tests church members

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has tested 27 of the 28 listed members of a Bridgetown church where four members tested positive for...

Appointments after protests

Some health care workers received their long-awaited appointments yesterday.This was revealed after Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic,...

Marshall warns of changes to NIS

Barbadians are being warned that the recent run on the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) due to the precipitous fall in the employment numbers as a...