Barbados Nation News

Sun, 19 May 2024 01:26:20 +0000
PM’s tribute to retired Nation photographer Charles Grant
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley paid tribute to late Nation photographer Charles Grant who passed away today. It is difficult to capture in words the impact Charles Grant has had on the development of journalism in Barbados. Quite literally, his pass...

Sun, 19 May 2024 00:11:59 +0000
Retired Nation photographer Charles Grant passes
Retired veteran photographer Charles Grant died on Saturday at age 78. Grant was a photographer at the now defunct Daily News and a lithographer at The Barbados Advocate. He joined The Nation’s lithography department in 1975 and three years later, ...

Sat, 18 May 2024 20:08:12 +0000
Barbados appoints first resident ambassador to Ireland
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cleviston Haynes, presented his credentials to the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, making him the first resident ambassador to Ireland. During the presentation ceremony on Tuesday, May 14, Ambas...

Sat, 18 May 2024 20:01:20 +0000
Police share road safety tips for the long weekend ahead
As members of the public gear up for a long weekend, which may include travel across the island, Senior Superintendent with responsibility for traffic, David Welch, is urging road users to comply with all traffic laws and road signs. Senior Superinte...

Sat, 18 May 2024 19:38:40 +0000
New Chief Justice of Barbados sworn in
Barbados has a new Chief Justice. He is Leslie Francis Haynes, SC.  Chief Justice Haynes was sworn in on May 17, 2024 as the 6th Chief Justice of post-Independent Barbados by Her Excellency The President of Barbados, The Most Honourable Dame San...

Sat, 18 May 2024 19:02:23 +0000
Body of hostage recovered from Gaza, says IDF
Israeli forces have recovered the body of one of the hostages from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said. The army confirmed that Ron Benjamin, 53, was found alongside the bodies of three other hostages whose identities were confir...

Sat, 18 May 2024 17:03:00 +0000
Methodist Church of Barbados mourns the passing of Rev Ezra Barker
The Methodist Church in Barbados, the Caribbean and the Americas has been plunged into mourning by the passing of Rev. Ezra Barker, a devoted servant of God and a Minister of the Gospel. Rev. Barker transitioned peacefully from this life to eternity ...

Sat, 18 May 2024 16:01:51 +0000
Women at ‘higher risk’ of hypertension
More women than men have been presenting with hypertension in Barbados, according to president of the Barbados Diabetes and Hypertension Association, Tyrone Lowe. Addressing the findings, Lowe said although men were universally recognised to be at hi...

Sat, 18 May 2024 15:29:08 +0000
Boeing boss’ $33m pay package approved
Boeing shareholders have signed off on the plane-maker’s plan to grant outgoing boss Dave Calhoun a 2023 pay package worth nearly $33m (£25m). A majority voted in favour of the plan, which had drawn criticism as the company grapples with a cri...

Sat, 18 May 2024 14:49:15 +0000
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN
A 2016 surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN shows Sean “Diddy” Combs grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation that matches allegations in a now-settled federal lawsuit filed by Ventura in No...

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