Barbados Nation News

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:38:10 +0000
Opposition leader says DLP ready as February 11 election called
Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne says the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is prepared for a general election, after Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced tonight that Barbadians would go to the polls on February 11, 2026. In a national stateme...

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:49:52 +0000
General Election in Barbados on February 11, 2026
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today announced General Elections in Barbados would be held on February 11, 2026. She was speaking at Westbury Primary School where the nomination was held for the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) City of Bridgetown constit...

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:28:31 +0000
Is something happening?
Is something happening? Just after 4:30 p.m. today, the Prime Minister’s official vehicle, M50, was spotted driving into State House. Shortly after, the vehicle, with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on board, was seen driving out. She is scheduled ...

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:39:35 +0000
Needy pensioner faces eviction
Pensioner Simon Ruck is between a rock and a hard place. He is facing eviction, come tomorrow, from the one room he is renting at an apartment complex in St Michael. With the clock ticking, family members have been trying to get him into the Geriatri...

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:09:09 +0000
Writer still on a high after win
Though Brian Franklin loved and was engaged reading and writing from early childhood, he is still trying to digest the fact that he was adjudged the top entrant in the 28th Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Competition for his fiction entry Ste...

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:38:37 +0000
‘Whole life’ for ATM murderer
The “dangerous”, “conniving” and “manipulative” individual who took the life of 58-year-old Colleen Payne outside the Royal Bank of Canada’s automatic teller machine (ATM) on University Hill, St Michael, was given a whole life sentence ...

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:19:46 +0000
Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
The Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the founding members of its “Board of Peace” for Gaza. Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the presid...

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:42:29 +0000
Sampson “shocked” to receive West Indies call up
Guyana all-rounder Quintin Sampson has revealed that he was surprised to be named in West Indies’ squad for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. The 25-year-old was included in the West Indies 16-man squad for the series, which will be ...

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:39:48 +0000
Institutional care ‘a last resort, not popular choice’
Interim executive director of the newly-established Social Empowerment Agency (SEA) Colleen Walcott says while they continue to have elderly people seeking institutional care and support, the majority choose to remain in their family environment. Whi...

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:23:12 +0000
Julio Iglesias denies sexual assault allegations
Singer Julio Iglesias has denied allegations of sexual assault made by two female former employees. The women allege that the 82-year-old Spanish superstar “normalised abuse” in a coercive, threatening and violent environment while they w...

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