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PM Mottley meets UK Prime Minister during London Climate Action Week

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley met with United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street today, where the two leaders discussed...

BUT: Public schools have resource edge

Comparisons between public and private schools based on Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) results are unfair, says president of the Barbados Union of...

Drug trafficker set to learn fate

His attorney believes that Colis Arlington Paul should not get another day in prison after being on remand for more than five years. However, the...

Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping...
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Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis

Barbados has the size to solve its own health crisis of noncommunicable diseases, and the food industry is being called on to help make...

Drug trafficker set to learn fate

His attorney believes that Colis Arlington Paul should not get another day in prison after being on remand for more than five years. However, the...

MP tells of bank account blues

Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium...

Major blow to West Indies as Shai Hope ruled out with injury

Shai Hope has been ruled out of the first Test match for West Indies against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in...

Barbados launches new climate finance initiative with OPEC Fund

Barbados has partnered with the OPEC Fund for International Development to launch the Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Compact, a new initiative aimed at helping...

IMF $128m in the bag

NCF partners with Shakirah Bourne to bring Bajan Anansi tales into schools

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has partnered with Barbadian author Shakirah Bourne to publish Bajan Anansi, a new collection of Anansi tales that will...
 

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Govt plans to ‘withstand global crisis’

Barbados is operating in one of the most uncertain global environments in modern history, and Government’s spending plans are designed to protect the country...

$300 fine for unlawful pick-up by ZR

ZR driver Gregston Ricardo Orlando Sealy stopped to pick up a passenger in an undesignated area on Saturday and must now part with $300...

Guyana says black belly sheep programme making “remarkable progress”

 Guyana, which has lead responsibility for agriculture,  agricultural diversification, and food security within the quasi Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cabinet, says it is making remarkable...

UWU workers at Portvale still off the job

General secretary of Unity Workers’ Union (UWU) Caswell Franklyn has pledged continued industrial action at Portvale sugar factory until “good sense prevails”. He said UWU...

Inniss knocks flyover comments

Former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Government minister Donville Inniss has slammed comments made by Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn regarding the cancellation of the...

Fatal shooting reported in St Michael

There are reports of a fatal shooting incident tonight. The Nation understands that the shooting took place in Station Hill, St Michael.  The victim was pronounced...

Wanted man Jacobi Bynoe in police custody

Jacobi Nathaniel Bynoe, also known as “Abubakar” or “Indian”, who was the subject of a wanted bulletin issued in November 2025, is now in...

US weight-loss drugmakers slash prices in fight to win customers

When Ruth Gonzalez decided to start taking the weight-loss medicine Zepbound last year, she first had to find a way to afford its roughly...

Lorde: Avoid enhancements

Aspiring sportspeople who dream of representing Barbados on the highest international stage have been urged to avoid the lure of enhancements. The advice has come...

ICE agents deployed to some U.S. airports as TSA lines stretch for hours

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began deploying to some U.S. airports on Monday as a partial government shutdown caused shortages of Transportation Security Administration officers who...