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Fri, 15 May 2026 02:00:08 +0000
Update: Man escapes after firing gun at joint patrol in Pinelands incident
Police are investigating a shooting incident involving a joint patrol of the Barbados Police Service and members of the Defence Force under the Broken Trident Operation in Pinelands, St Michael. The incident occurred around 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, al...

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:27:06 +0000
Barbados secures IMF precautionary agreement
Barbados has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement valued at approximately US$260 million, but Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley stressed today that the country was not enter...

Thu, 14 May 2026 20:22:09 +0000
FATF compliance teams honoured compliance honoured
Thirty members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF ), and the International Business Unit Economic Substance Team (IBUEST) were honoured for their successful implementation of the FATF Action Plan. They were presented with the gold award of achi...

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:19:48 +0000
Police-involved shooting incident in St Michael
Update Police are investigating a shooting incident involving a joint patrol of the Barbados Police Service and members of the Defence Force under the Broken Trident Operation in Pinelands, St Michael. The incident occurred around 10:40 a.m. on Thurs...

Thu, 14 May 2026 12:47:15 +0000
US citizen convicted of running secret Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC
A US citizen has been convicted of helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on behalf of the Chinese government. A jury found that Lu Jianwang, 64, opened and operated the station in Manhattan’s Chi...

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