Barbados Nation News
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:32:54 +0000Flow moves to ease safety concerns over 5G+ rollout
With the launch of Barbados’ first 5G+ mobile network, telecommunications provider Flow has moved to reassure the public that the new technology meets international safety standards and poses no established health risks. Vice President and General ...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000Missing teen traced
Fourteen-year-old Taniqua Donisha Shanice Edwards, of the Marina Brewster Centre at Farrs, Alleynedale, St Peter, who was reported missing on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, has been traced and is safe.
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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:51:40 +0000Man charged with firearm and ammunition offences
A 46-year-old St Peter man has been charged in connection with firearm and ammunition offences. The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged Stephen Sinclair Applewhaite, of Burma Road, St Peter, for possession of a firearm and four ...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:47:31 +0000FBI announces NBA arrests in Mafia-linked gambling, sports rigging probes
More than 30 people, including NBA head coach Chauncey Billups and player Terry Rozier, have been arrested as part of federal investigations into gambling and “sports rigging” operations linked to multiple major crime families, law enforcement...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:08:09 +0000CDB signs agreement with Chile-based institution to strengthen M&E systems
The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC-Chile), aimed at strengthening national evaluation capacities and monitoring and evaluation (M&...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:31:29 +0000Man stabbed at My Lord’s Hill Supermarket
A man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment following a stabbing incident this morning. Details are sketchy, but the victim was said to be on duty at Savings Plus supermarket, My Lord’s Hill, St Michael. Police were on the sce...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:21:13 +0000Parents told to take responsibility seriously
Parents are foresaking their duties and blaming everyone else but themselves, says Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alliston Seale, SC. “You’ve got to tell the children when they are doing foolishness as parents,” he said yesterday. “Par...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:59:35 +0000Trump says Putin talks ‘don’t go anywhere’ as he imposes new sanctions
The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies in an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine. The announcement came one day after US President Donald Trump said a planned meeting with his ...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:35:07 +0000US states warn food aid benefits will halt if federal shutdown drags on
U.S. states this week warned food aid recipients that their benefits may not be distributed in November if the federal government shutdown stretches into its fourth week. Warnings issued on at least two dozen state websites flag the potential f...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:43:30 +0000BCC and NUPW reach agreement
The dispute between the Barbados Community College (BCC) and the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) over the decision to fill a vacant post has been resolved, the BCC said in a release yesterday. The controversy began when the college’s decisi...