Barbados Nation News

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:42:11 +0000
No longer in love with fiancé
Dear Christine, I AM 22 years old and my fiancé is 25. We are supposed to get married this October, but I am having second thoughts. We have been together four years and were neighbours growing up. We both dropped out of college, but I have always h...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:02:57 +0000
DLP shadow cabinet to be “reshaped”
The Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) recently announced Shadow Cabinet will be restructured in a way which empowers the party’s voices in the House of Assembly and the Senate. Leader of Opposition, Ralph Thorne, made the announcement this morning ...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:32:30 +0000
Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new council was sworn in to lead the country gripped by deadly gang violence. A recent outbreak of violence forced officials to move the ceremony from the National Palace to the outgo...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:24:49 +0000
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned in New York
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction in New York has been overturned, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. The New York Court of Appeals said prosecutors in the pivotal #MeToo case called witnesses who...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:09:31 +0000
Wanted Man: Nicholas Mcintosh
The Barbados Police Service is seeking the assistance of the public in locating Nicholas Andre Mcintosh alias Nick, who is wanted for questioning in connection with serious criminal matters.    Mcintosh, whose last known address is Sargeant Street,...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:01:13 +0000
No Baje for Kadooment
Don’t look for Baje International on the road this Kadooment Day. Baje’s founder Richard Haynes made that announcement yesterday as he reflected on the band’s 25 years participating in the annual parade. While the founders are taking a...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:33:54 +0000
Caswell knocks Sir David
Trade Unionist Caswell Franklyn is taking a swipe at chairman of the Law Reform Commission, Sir David Simmons, for the comments he made about the Cybercrime Bill during Monday’s hearing by the Joint Select Committee. Franklyn, who has publicly voic...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:03:26 +0000
Body found at Marley Vale
Police are investigating the circumstances relating to the discovery of the body of a 40-year-old man through a cart road track located at Marley Vale, St. Philip.The unresponsive body was found by a resident in the area. The medical examiner visited...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:34:59 +0000
Some BNOCL staff on strike
Some staff at the Barbados National Oil Company Ltd (BNOCL) are off the job. Deputy general secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and lead negotiator, Dwaine Paul, said it was an “unfortunate situation” that could have been prevented. ...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:56:24 +0000
Shooting incident at Husbands Heights
A man was shot at Husband Heights, St James in the early hours of this morning. Lawmen said that at about 1:10 a.m on Thursday, a 42-year-old man who was in the area to visit a friend was attacked by a man who was hiding in a bushy area. That man fir...

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