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Chancery Lane chain ‘must go’

The Barbados Wetlands Trust has given the owners of the Chancery Lane, Christ Church property seven days to remove the chain blocking public access...

Woman charged with cannabis offences, granted $45 000 bail

A 43-year-old woman has been charged with four cannabis-related offences after police seized 15.2 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis, with an estimated street value of...

Cave Shepherd eyeing expansion

Cave Shepherd & Company Limited is in expansion mode, with officials eyeing new business opportunities in Barbados and Guyana. This comes as the company reports...

Nine killed as small jet crashes on Florida street

A business jet crashed in a neighbourhood in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, the US transport secretary has said. The crash...
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Barbados praised for HIV progress

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Friday congratulated Barbados for eliminating the transmission of HIV from mother to child. It marks a major public health milestone...

Woman charged with cannabis offences, granted $45 000 bail

A 43-year-old woman has been charged with four cannabis-related offences after police seized 15.2 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis, with an estimated street value of...

Lashley: Bills include safeguards

Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Michael Lashley is reassuring Barbadians that the new Immigration and Citizenship bills will not open the floodgates,...

England Lions demolish West Indies ‘A’ to take first T20

Naavya Sharma snared four wickets, and skipper Thomas Rew blasted an unbeaten half century to lead England Lions to a lopsided eight-wicket win over...

Cave Shepherd eyeing expansion

Cave Shepherd & Company Limited is in expansion mode, with officials eyeing new business opportunities in Barbados and Guyana. This comes as the company reports...

Candace and Diana – that’s what friends are for

Candace Eng and Diana Batson-Prince were besties from the ages of 18 and 17 respectively. They attended college together, shared a lot in common,...

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Motorists robbed at gunpoint in St. Philip

There are reports of two incidents of car theft at gunpoint last night in St. Philip. Sources indicate that around 8 p.m., a man was...

Man hospitalised after stabbing incident at bar

There are reports reaching The Nation of a stabbing incident last night at Buddy’s Soca in Salters, St George. It was reported that two men...

China’s tit-for-tat tariffs on US set to take effect

China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods are set to come into effect on Monday as the trade war between the world's two...

Students urged to keep moving and eat clean

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey delivered an educational and interactive message on climate change, care of the youth and the...

Thorne calls out ‘biases’ in Bill

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has called for the removal of harmful stereotypes embedded within legislation, noting that certain clauses, such as Clause 10, reinforced...

Armstrong files complaint

A complaint has been fired off to the Chief Education Officer over blogger Stephanie Chase who is also a teacher within the Ministry of...

Kartel’s controversial Carnival Friday performance postponed

The event, originally scheduled to feature Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel (Adijah Palmer) performing controversially in Trinidad and Tobago on Carnival Friday (February 28),...

Tsunami warning lifted for Jamaica, several other countries

A tsunami warning issued for several countries within 620 miles of the epicentre of Saturday evening’s 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea has...

Increase in vehicles downing power lines

The Barbados Light & Power Company (BL& P) is calling for strict adherence to vehicle height regulations in the wake of an increase in...

Cummins: No staff cuts

There will not be any staff cuts from the amalgamation of Barbados National Oil Company Limited (BNOC), National Petroleum Corporation (NPC) and Barbados National...