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Court reprimands father who left son on Mount Fuji

A father has been reprimanded by police after leaving his son on Japan’s highest mountain for several hours with just a soft drink and...

St Lucia staging national exhibit for underwater sculpture park

Castries – St Lucia is set to unveil its first National Exhibition for the development of one out of three Underwater Sculpture Parks, offering...

Matthew Forde to the fore with five-for in Kings’ victory over Kingsmen

Matthew Forde delivered the best bowling display of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) so far this season as he singlehandedly wrecked the...

All eyes on Bulldoze

By Lindon Yarde Can the rampaging Bulldoze defy 135 pounds and close off with a beaver-trick as he goes in pursuit of more success? On what is effectively...
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Officials: Take extra care against measles

Barbados is being urged to tighten its defences against measles as the Americas confront their worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in more...

Man charged after 13.6kg of cannabis seized

A 27-year-old Christ Church man has been charged with trafficking and importing cannabis after police seized 13.6 kilograms of the drug with an estimated...

Nicholls touts law’s value to national security

There is no need to fear that a law seeking to collect information on travellers will criminalise anyone. The proposed law, said Minister of Home...

Matthew Forde to the fore with five-for in Kings’ victory over Kingsmen

Matthew Forde delivered the best bowling display of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) so far this season as he singlehandedly wrecked the...

All eyes on Bulldoze

BCA hails Matthews, Greaves

‘70% of workers disengaged’

Barbados could be losing $1.6 billion a year to disengagement and lost productivity in the workplace. That is the “conservative” estimate of new research by...

Bajans deeper in debt

Mortgages rule loans sector

Quinn embracing future with AI

He translated poor science grades through the “grind” of his renewed determination to become a data and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist. Though veterinary medicine caught...
 

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US eases sanctions on Russian oil at sea

The US has loosened sanctions on other countries buying Russian oil and petroleum already loaded on vessels at sea to curb the economic impact...

Husband of decapitated woman charged

NEW YORK – Days after the head of a Guyanese woman was discovered dumped in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York,...

Farmers fed up over disposal; assessment to be conducted

Farmers at Spencers, Christ Church, are concerned over what they claim to be the dumping of septic waste on the agricultural land that they...

BL&P: Global oil price increase driving higher electricity fuel costs

Rising global oil prices are pushing up the fuel component of electricity bills in Barbados, according to a statement issued by the Barbados Light...

Man granted bail on motor car robbery charge

Trevere Shakir Millington, 25, of River Land, St. Philip, has been granted bail after appearing in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court on a charge...

Man in critical condition after shooting in The Pine

A man is in urgent need of blood after being shot last night in The Pine, St Michael. The Nation understands the young man, 26-years-old,...

Update: Jahmali Greenidge remanded to Dodds

Jahmali Jahwaun Irell Greenidge, 24, of Lower Bridge Gap, Cave Hill, St. Michael, appeared in the District ‘A’ Criminal Court #2 this morning in...

Former West Indies Under-19 cricketer Javon Searles suspended by ICC

Javon Searles, the former Barbados and West Indies Under 19 cricketer, has been named among three persons suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC)...

Call to improve mapping systems

CARICOM countries are being called on to strengthen data systems that will help map urban and rural areas and track and estimate the population...

Port to expand

Plans are being developed for a new purpose-built cruise facility at the Bridgetown Port and it could involve investment from major cruise lines. Barbados Port...