Barbados Nation News
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:13:33 +0000SSA workers lauded for festival clean-up
Approximately 115 Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) workers worked assiduously to clean waste throughout last weekend. From the Pic O De Crop Finals, Foreday morning, Bridgetown Market and Kadooment Day, the sanitation staff, led by superintendent K...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:43:04 +0000PM gets award-winning Wreath of Remembrance from Bishop of Croydon
Earlier today, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley met with the Right Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Bishop of Croydon, at the Parliament Buildings. The Prime Minister was presented with the award-winning SUCOTETO Wreath of Remembrance, Hope, and Healing, a s...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:04:25 +0000Canyon fire causes thousands to flee in California
Evacuation orders are in place for five areas in Ventura County, California, where the uncontained Canyon fire has now engulfed an area one-third the size of Manhattan. More than 400 personnel from local, state and federal agencies are fighting the b...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:50:18 +0000Steady flow for CPL tickets
Cricket fans in Barbados have started to make the steady journey to Kensington Oval to purchase tickets for the upcoming matches in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament. Tickets went on sale at the Oval box office from Thursday morning as fa...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:44:00 +0000Prior Park ‘pain’
Some residents of Prior Park, St James, are fed up with the length of time it is taking to repair the main road. However, authorities are asking for more patience while explaining the various challenges encountered in the effort to complete the roa...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:44:00 +0000Trinidad probing six-year-old’s death at teaching hospital
PORT OF SPAIN – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has ordered a “full and urgent investigation ”into the death of six-year-old Jasher Francois at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital, south of here, after being admitted for a mild cough. A...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:44:47 +0000Canada tries to salvage its relationship with Mexico
MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrambling to save his country’s relationship with Mexico after it disintegrated late last year when Canadian officials suggested they’d be better off negotiating a trade deal with the Trump a...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:08:16 +0000Goddard pushing to enter Africa market
Barbados conglomerate Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL) is trying to enter the African market. The group’s managing director Anthony Ali said so last week while in St George’s, Grenada for the fourth Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACT...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:55:32 +0000Show punches above its weight
by Sanaa Elcock At the National Botanical Gardens, hundreds of patrons attending the Rum Punch: Spirits Of Bacchanal event agreed on one thing: long live soca. The rain did not dampen the vibes as drinks flowed and the energy was high at this sold-o...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:36:52 +0000Break for Bajan pacer
Barbadian Johann Layne is set to make his One-Day International debut for West Indies after being a late call-up to the squad. The beanpole seam bowler, who is also a capable lower-order batsman and dynamic fielder, left for Trinidad and Tobago las...