Barbados Nation News

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:07:03 +0000
de Kock outguns Hetmyer in shot-filled 2nd T20I
Quinton de Kock marked his 100th T20 international with a century as he powered South Africa to a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies on Thursday night. De Kock, who plays for Barbados Royals in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), hit a career-...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:40:44 +0000
Ghost vessel runs aground off Sam Lord’s Castle
A vessel that had been drifting in the South Atlantic for months after its crew was rescued has run aground on a reef just off Sam Lord’s Castle. Major Robert Harewood, Deputy Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), said the ship,...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:19:12 +0000
Police confirm identity of man found dead in vehicle
Police have identified the man found dead in a vehicle at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex car park in Lazaretto, St Michael, as 66-year-old Eric Joseph Butcher of Phillip Drive, Pine Garden, St Michael. Operations Control received a report of an unnatu...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:40:00 +0000
Hitmen killing for $3 000, says DPP
There are hitmen in Barbados who are killing people for $3 000. This was the revelation by Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale, SC, who says he sees all this information from the files that land on his desk. “For filthy lucre, for nasty ...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:30:17 +0000
Nicki Minaj calls herself Trump’s ‘number one fan’ and shows off gold card visa
Trinidad and Tobago-born rapper Nicki Minaj declared herself to be Donald Trump’s “number one fan” on Wednesday, while also showing off her Trump “gold card” visa, which offers applicants residency and a path to US citi...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:16:19 +0000
UPDATE: St. Ambrose Primary School to remain closed tomorrow
St. Ambrose Primary School will remain closed tomorrow, Friday, following its early closure today to address evidence of mice and roach droppings on the premises. The closure allows for recommended treatment of the school plant, as well as intensive ...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:25:46 +0000
Classes suspended early at St Ambrose Primary amid rodent reports
Update St. Ambrose Primary School will remain closed tomorrow, Friday, following its early closure today to address evidence of mice and roach droppings on the premises. The closure allows for recommended treatment of the school plant, as well as int...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:15:16 +0000
Opposition leader barred from participating in finance meeting on national budget
Opposition Leader Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has described as “an immature display of triumphalist” the decision of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Ronnia Durham-Balcombe, barring him from attending Thursday’s meeting of a committee of Parliamen...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:34:28 +0000
ICC-Jones suspended for breaching corruption codes
Barbadian Aaron Jones has been provisionally suspended by the ICC after being charged with five counts of breaching their anti-corruption codes along with Cricket West Indies’ (CWI). The 31-year-old, who represented the USA at the 2024 ICC Men...

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:20:18 +0000
Call to deepen economic links
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging the region to stop behaving like it is peripheral to the global system. He is recommending that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean deepen their economic connections, arguing that “vulnerabil...

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