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‘The Studio’ wins big at Emmy Awards
Seth Rogen was the big winner at the Emmy Awards ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles Sunday.
Rogen won the Best Actor in a Comedy prize, as well as the trophies for Best Directing and Writing for a Comedy for The Studio, which was also deemed Best Comedy Series.
Jean Smart earned the...
Remanded after confessing to breaking window
A man who broke a woman’s bedroom window and threatened to enter will learn his fate later this week.
Asif Iqbal Padmore, 46, of Henley Land, St John, appeared in the District “C” Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday, where he confessed to committing criminal damage on August 23 by breaking a...
Cruise season ‘set for record bookings’
HAMBURG – Cruise ships coming to Barbados for the 2025-26 winter cruise season are reporting strong occupancy bookings, says Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Ian Gooding-Edghill.
Gooding-Edghill, who is leading a delegation at Seatrade Europe, in Hamburg, Germany, said: “Every cruise line representative that we have met with here...
Simmonds eyes Nepal challenge
Barbados Royals’ fast-medium bowler Ramon Simmonds is eyeing a spot in the upcoming West Indies T20 squad against Nepal later this month with hopes that his cricket has done the talking ahead of the series.
Speaking to the NATION SPORT, Simmonds admits he would relish the chance to be in...
Rubio meets Netanyahu to discuss fallout from Israel’s Qatar strike
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, with the aftermath of Israel's strike in Qatar expected to be high on the agenda.
Last week's strike, which targeted senior Hamas leaders on the close US ally's territory, drew international outrage and was criticised...
St Michael man to appear in court on drug charges
A St Michael man is expected to appear in the Oistins Magistrates’ Court tomorrow to face a number of drug charges.
Police disclosed today that their Narcotics Unit arrested and charged Mohamad Bhikha, 34, of No 44 Emerald Avenue, Rock Dundo, with possession, trafficking, intent to supply and importation of...
Fraser-Pryce caps phenomenal career with final 100m sprint
Jamaican track icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran her final 100 metres at the age of 38 on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a career that was studded with success but also shattered preconceived notions about age and motherhood in sport.
Three months shy of her 39th birthday, the three-times Olympic...
BHTA: Alternatives to car rental levy
The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) is urging Government to act on alternative proposals to its $10 a day car rental levy put forward by the association, before the October 1 starting date for its imposition.
The levy, contained in Government’s 20252026 Budget, originally due to take effect on...
Holness to be sworn in for third consecutive term on September...
Andrew Holness will be sworn in as Prime Minister for a third consecutive term on Tuesday, just shy of two weeks after his Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) victory in the September 3 general election.
Final results released by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) confirmed the JLP secured 35 of...
Romania becomes second Nato country to report Russian drone in its...
Romania says a Russian drone has breached its airspace - the second Nato country to report such an incursion.
Romanian fighter jets were in the air monitoring a Russian attack in Ukraine on Saturday and were able to track the drone near Ukraine's southern border, the defence ministry said in...
‘Joyride’ sparks probe at Port
Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) has launched an investigation into videos that have gone viral of two workers taking an imported Ferrari on a joyride on the port compound.
In three clips, the two men are seen stepping into what appeared to be a container and admiring a white Ferrari inside....
$7b for climate change
Barbados needs about $7 billion in investments to adapt to climate change while simultaneously mitigating against it.
This is outlined in the 2025 Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on August 30 in fulfilment of the country’s obligations under the...