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Trinidad rocked by 5.1 magnitude earthquake

PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on Wednesday, the Seismic Research centre...

Ronaldo weds longtime partner Georgina Rodriguez in Portugal

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has married his longtime partner, model and influencer Georgina Rodríguez, in a civil ceremony in Portugal. The Portuguese striker posted an image...

Rowe seeks audit of NHC repairs

Member of Parliament for St Michael North West Neil Rowe has raised questions about the funding of one of the National Housing Corporation’s home...

Lashley: Laws too weak to properly punish gun offenders

Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Michael Lashley says Barbados’ existing laws are too weak to properly punish those who unleash gun violence...
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CG ups support for blood collection

Almost two months after launching its Fuelling Hope Blood Drive, CG United has expanded its support for the National Blood Collecting Centre, reinforcing efforts...

ZR driver eagerly pleads guilty

From the time Magistrate Jared Richards called Shaquille Ashane Scott’s name yesterday, the ZR driver jumped out of his seat, rushed inside the dock...

Rowe seeks audit of NHC repairs

Member of Parliament for St Michael North West Neil Rowe has raised questions about the funding of one of the National Housing Corporation’s home...

Ronaldo weds longtime partner Georgina Rodriguez in Portugal

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has married his longtime partner, model and influencer Georgina Rodríguez, in a civil ceremony in Portugal. The Portuguese striker posted an image...

Economy in ‘position of strength’

Faster investment execution, stronger productivity, and improved traded -sector performance. Barbados’ economic growth prospects for the rest of this year hinge on these three factors,...

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Centenarian Eunice celebrates with family

Eunice Kirton, one of Barbados’ newest centenarians, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 20, surrounded by the large family she raised and the community...
 

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Asthma Association condemns backyard burning of trash

The Asthma Association of Barbados is warning that burning vegetation and garbage is placing people with respiratory illnesses at risk. President Rosita Pollard voiced the...

Man fatally shot in St Michael

A 26-year-old man has been shot and killed in St Michael late Tuesday night. Daquan Roberts, of Church Hill Road, Gall Hill, Christ Church, died...

CPL set to bowl off at Arnos Vale in St Vincent on night of August 7

This year the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will bowl off on Friday, August 7 in St Vincent. The tournament organisers announced on...

South Korea jails American YouTuber for public nuisance

American livestreamer Johnny Somali, who caused outrage in South Korea by kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves, has been sentenced to...

Mottley calls for overhaul of global finance system

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has urged major changes to the global financial system, warning that current measures fail to account for the realities...

FSC vows to enforce rule ‘without fear’

Financial Services Commission (FSC) chairman Sir Patterson Cheltenham has served notice that the agency will be enforcing its regulatory mandate “without fear or favour”. The...

Caricom pushes again for slave trade reparations

GENEVA – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries yesterday reiterated their call for reparatory justice for the trans Atlantic slave trade saying their position is grounded...

Two Bajans perish in Brooklyn fire

There are reports reaching The Nation that the two people who died in a fire in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, on Monday night,...

Six Roads library back to serve

The doors of the Six Roads Branch Library in St Philip were officially reopened yesterday, following their closure last September for renovations. Director of the...

‘Uplift’ a hit 

The showgoers sat through it. Almost five hours. And they seemed to love every minute. The “it” was UPLIFT 2026: A Caribbean Musical Fusion billed as “an...