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EU join forces to end death penalty GO TO STORY
EU join forces to end death penalty

The European Union wants to see the death penalty abolished in Barbados and the rest of the Eastern Caribbean. It is therefore putting its money behind the work of civil society organisations in the...

Nation on mission to get island clean GO TO STORY
Nation on mission to get island clean

Clean it up! The complaints of unsightly garbage and unkempt areas will soon be getting some attention. The Nation is starting an islandwide campaign aimed at getting residents to help keep the island...

‘Touching’ door brings six months GO TO STORY
‘Touching’ door brings six months

Andre Alston Spooner claimed he did not know what to say in his defence to a loitering charge. But when he did start to speak, he claimed his hand mistakenly brushed a woman’s door but he was not trying...

‘Good young man’ dies in crash GO TO STORY
‘Good young man’ dies in crash

Troy Small’s tragic death has left a void in his family – from his one-year-old daughter Trinyce, whom he collected from school, to his 18-year-old brother he employed at his business and his grandparents...

Sinckler: Tax refunds coming soon GO TO STORY
Sinckler: Tax refunds coming soon

Those persons who are still owed tax refunds from the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) might be getting their money sooner rather than later. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler yesterday revealed that...

Roots rock! GO TO STORY
Roots rock!

Students of Harrison College yesterday celebrated their roots when the school held their annual African Awareness concert in the school’s auditorium. The students, some dressed in African garb, were...

Cameron says CWI has concerns with CPL GO TO STORY
Cameron says CWI has concerns with CPL

Franchise owners in the Caribbean Premier League are losing big bucks and if that continues it could threaten the future of the popular regional T20 league. Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dave...

Bigger role for ‘Bird’ GO TO STORY
Bigger role for ‘Bird’

Joel Garner’s days of managing the West Indies team is over but he has an even bigger role now. Garner is the first Ambassador of Cricket West Indies (CWI) and he will be the spearhead of the Windies...

Combermere’s Set E still the best GO TO STORY
Combermere’s Set E still the best

Set E have relegated their rivals to nothing more than bridesmaids again. It was déjà vu in Waterford, as Set B (Red) had to settle for yet another second-place finish after Set E (Purple) successfully...

B’ball Premier League going online GO TO STORY
B’ball Premier League going online

The Premier League is coming to an electronic device near you. Local basketball looks set to improve its social media presence after the Barbados Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) entered a partnership...

All Saints sweep GO TO STORY
All Saints sweep

The Saints just keep running away with both titles in the Anton Norris Zone of the National Primary Schools Athletics Championships. The All Saints girls romped to their fifth consecutive crown and...

Rain disrupts Silver Hill again GO TO STORY
Rain disrupts Silver Hill again

The rains once again disrupted the Silver Hill Road Tennis Tournament on Thursday night as fans waited until close to midnight to see the battle between two of the game’s most exciting showmen in Antonio...

Reports of fatal shooting around Bay Street GO TO STORY
Reports of fatal shooting around Bay Street

Reports reaching the NATION newsroom are that a young man was shot and killed today. A source reported that the young man was shot in the area of the Diagnostic Clinic on Beckles Road and subsequently...

Near shore water at south coast beaches deemed safe GO TO STORY
Near shore water at south coast beaches deemed safe

The results of special sampling conducted by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) at south coast beaches from Amaryllis to Worthing, Christ Church, indicate that they are safe for recreational...

Ministry of Education addresses claims of misconduct at NAPSAC GO TO STORY
Ministry of Education addresses claims of misconduct at NAPSAC

The following is the full text of a statement issued by the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation.   Officials of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation...

Woman changes plea in “historic” cybercrime case GO TO STORY
Woman changes plea in “historic” cybercrime case

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Less than a week after she pleaded guilty to four counts of libel by electronic communication under the controversial Cybercrime Act, Catisha Pierre-Jack Friday told a magistrate...

Wesu is hoping he has the Voice GO TO STORY
Wesu is hoping he has the Voice

Wesu Wallace is hoping his voice will make great things happen for him. Many Barbadians should by now know who he is as do millions worldwide after his audition on the UK talent show The Voice. Wesu...

Russians indicted in 2016 US election meddling investigation GO TO STORY
Russians indicted in 2016 US election meddling investigation

WASHINGTON – A Russian Internet agency and more than a dozen Russians interfered in the US election campaign from 2014 through 2016 in a multi-pronged effort with the aim of supporting then-businessman...

Uncertainty reigns in final polls ahead of Italy election GO TO STORY
Uncertainty reigns in final polls ahead of Italy election

ROME –  Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right bloc has a clear lead ahead of Italy’s parliamentary election on March 4 but is unlikely to win a working majority, a batch of final opinion polls showed on Friday,...

Government presents multi-billion dollar budget to Parliament GO TO STORY
Government presents multi-billion dollar budget to Parliament

KINGSTON – Finance Minister Audley Shaw will open the budget debate on March 9 after he presented a J$773 billion fiscal package to Parliament on Thursday. Shaw noted that the Andrew Holness government...

Police release some persons detained in alleged terror plot GO TO STORY
Police release some persons detained in alleged terror plot

PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago police say they have released five of the 13 people detained in the alleged plot to destabilise the country during the Carnival celebrations that ended here on Tuesday....

UK to push EU for City of London's favoured Brexit plan GO TO STORY
UK to push EU for City of London's favoured Brexit plan

LONDON – Britain’s government is ready to push for the kind of Brexit plan for financial services that the City of London has long favoured, but which has already run into opposition in Brussels, two government...

Missing teen located GO TO STORY
Missing teen located

Fourteen-year-old Atia Ashara Best has been traced and is safe. The teenager of Block 6B, Fernihurst, Black Rock, St Michael was reported missing yesterday. The administration of the Royal Barbados...

Barbados to launch national task force for CariSECURE GO TO STORY
Barbados to launch national task force for CariSECURE

The Criminal Justice Research and Planning Unit (CJRPU), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, will officially launch the Barbados National Task Force for the Strengthening of...

UPDATE: Road fatality victim named GO TO STORY
UPDATE: Road fatality victim named

Police have disclosed the name of the young man who died in a road accident in the wee hours of this morning. He is 24 year old Troy Akeil Small of Rollins Road, Goodland, Christ Church.   ...

Tree planting to mark Land Registry’s 30th anniversary GO TO STORY
Tree planting to mark Land Registry’s 30th anniversary

As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Land Registry Department, there will be a tree planting ceremony next week on the compound of the Warrens Office Complex, Warrens, St Michael, where...

24 year old man is third road fatality for 2018 GO TO STORY
24 year old man is third road fatality for 2018

A 24 year old man lost his life last night in Barbados' third road fatality for 2018. In a statement, the Royal Barbados Police Force's public relations officer Inspector Roland Cobbler, detailed that...