As Barbados braces for intense heat in August, retailers are reporting stronger demand for fans and air conditioning units from households and businesses. Earlier this month the Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) urged Barbadians to prepare for an unusually hot and dry remainder of the wet season with forecasters warning that August and September are expected The post Heat drives rush for ACs, fans appeared first on nationnews.com.

The kicks that Peter Luther Jordan administered to a man three years ago cost him a total of $4 000 when he reappeared in the No. 3A Supreme Court. Jordan, of Reece Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael, was initially arraigned with causing serious bodily harm to Anthony Ricardo Maynard with intent to do him serious The post Man to pay $4 000 for kicks, stones appeared first on nationnews.com.

All the credit for Barbados earning top tourism awards rests firmly on the hard-working men and women in the industry, says Minister of Tourism and International Transport Ian Gooding-Edghill. Following the arrival of the inaugural Sunrise Airways flight from Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday, the minister responded to Barbados recently topping the 2026 Caribbean’s Ultimate The post Minister praises tourism workers appeared first on nationnews.com.

US lawmakers want to give the government the ability to quickly order the turning off of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that may threaten the public. Congressman Ted Lieu, a Democrat, and Congressman Nathaniel Moran, a Republican, on Thursday introduced a bill named the AI Kill Switch Act. They did so in light of OpenAI’s recent The post Lawmakers push for AI ‘kill switch’ after OpenAI models go rogue appeared first on nationnews.com.

IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) says it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Trinidad-based ANSA McAL Group to support investments in key productive sectors across the region. The Washington-based financial institution said that the collaboration with one of the Caribbean’s largest and most diversified conglomerates, will The post IDB Invest announces strategic partnership to support Caribbean growth appeared first on nationnews.com.