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Missing 17-year-old traced safe

A 17-year-old girl who was reported missing on Wednesday has been traced and is safe. Kymiah Paulesha Clarke, of Lot #56, Valley Drive, Constant, St...

Trinidadian man in New York pleads guilty to sex trafficking, admits kidnapping six women

A 33-year-old Trinidadian national and lawful permanent United States resident has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and admitted to kidnapping six additional women. The Department of...

GIS denies parent’s claims

The Government Industrial School (GIS) has responded to a parent’s allegations over the treatment of her teenage daughter published in yesterday’s Weekend Nation. Through a Barbados Government...

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa’s true size

The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The "Correct the...
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Move to protect health records

As Barbados digitises its health records and hospital systems, officials say the change must not leave anyone behind. At a public consultation Thursday night held...

Woman denies uttering false ID card

When she appeared before Magistrate Ketha Ellis in the District “B” Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Monique Annmarie McLean, of Beckwith Street, The City, denied...

New DLP general secretary aims to unify party

The Democratic Labour Party continues to hold out an olive branch to former members in an effort to get them to return to the...

‘D’ big battle

Tridents ready for CPL home opener

Tridents men and women hard at training as home matches start Saturday Barbados Tridents men’s and women’s team have intensified their preparations for the upcoming...

Tridents battered

Nurse aces through to 16

CPL tickets far from sold out

Equity financing ‘a viable option’

Economist Professor Winston Moore is advising businesses and entrepreneurs concerned about the cost of capital to consider equity financing, where they access funding by...

COB suspends CEO

Eye on financial sector links

More support needed for breastfeeding mothers

The following is a submission by Aaliyah Lara, a member of Healthy Caribbean Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and a medical student at the...
 

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UPDATE: Hurricane watch remains in effect

A hurricane watch remains in effect for Barbados.The Barbados Meterological Services advisory issued at 5 a.m. said this means that hurricane conditions are possible...

Fire destroys home of six

The home of 83 year-old James Cumberbatch was gutted on Wednesday morning when a fire broke out at the rear of the building.Six people...

Bowlers likely to remain the same

The West Indies four-pronged bowling attack could remain unchanged for the final Test in the historic biosecure series against England which starts tomorrow at...

Rookie wins Sol prizes at AutoCross

Liam Rondon and Ramon Moore drove away with the rookie prizes as drivers disposed of Round Two of the 2020 Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC)...

Lawyer: Accused must be given fair treatment

A comedy of errors was how a prominent attorney described the fact that another accused with similar features and on the same charge was...

‘Don’t be hasty’ with remote work bill

Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley is concerned that Government’s programme to attract non-national remote workers may redefine family under Barbados law, while leaving the...

Hurricane watch for Barbados

A hurricane watch was issued for Barbados earlier tonight as Tropical Storm Gonzalo approaches the island.A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible...

Cummins, Gooding-Edghill promoted in Cabinet reshuffle

The chairmen of two statutory organisations were promoted to the Ministerial Cabinet in changes announced by Prime Minister Mia Mottley in an address to...

Mottley shuffles Cabinet

Prime Minister Mia Mottley made several changes to the Cabinet of Barbados, shuffling out some of those who were appointed in May 2018 and...

Cabinet reshuffle?

There are reports reaching Nation News that a Cabinet reshuffle is in the works.Just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, M50, the official vehicle of...