Former government Senator Tyrone Barker passed away earlier today, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 75. Barker served in the Barbados Labour Party administration led by late Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, and acted as Minister of Sports and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Barker is survived by his wife, Dianna, and The post Former government Senator Tyrone Barker dies at 75 appeared first on nationnews.com.

KINGSTON – Jamaica says repeated calls at the United Nations for an end to the United States’ economic embargo against Cuba are insufficient to address the island’s worsening humanitarian crisis, arguing that greater emphasis must be placed on domestic reforms, economic integration and dialogue between Washington and Havana. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina The post Jamaica says annual UN Cuba resolution fails to address crisis appeared first on nationnews.com.

Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Michael Lashley is reassuring Barbadians that the new Immigration and Citizenship bills will not open the floodgates, telling the House of Assembly that procedural safeguards are built into the legislation to balance national security with natural justice. “We don’t want Barbadians to think that we’re opening the floodgates,” The post Lashley: Bills include safeguards appeared first on nationnews.com.

Three people, including the driver, were injured after a sanitation truck overturned this morning in Belleplaine, St Andrew. The driver and two passengers were transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for medical treatment. The post Three hurt in sanitation truck crash in St Andrew appeared first on nationnews.com.

The Barbados Police Service wishes to advise the public that as a result of a road traffic collision, the following road is impassable. ● Haggatts Main Road, Belleplaine, St Andrew from its junction with Lakes Road to its junction with Coggins Hill. Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area and to seek alternate routes. The post Traffic diversion due to accident appeared first on nationnews.com.