Barbados News

(Barbados Nation) It is estimated that about 2 700 Barbadians are living with HIV.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is reducing its financial involvement in LIAT. Government will be giving up some of the major shareholding it has held since the regional airline’s inception 45 years ago, Prime Minister Mia Mottley revealed in a Ministerial Statement on Tuesday night.

(Barbados Nation) Attorney Vonda Pile has been found guilty of theft but not guilty of money laundering.   Despite a moving submission for bail by Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley who came to her defence, she was remanded to HMP Dodds pending sentencing on July 16.

(Barbados Nation) The governments of Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda are to sit at the negotiating table in the coming days to determine how many shares will change hands, affecting the future of regional airline LIAT.

(Barbados Nation) A giant was laid to rest yesterday. That is how Harold Fitzherbert Hoyte, founder and Editor Emeritus of The Nation Publishing Company was remembered by eulogist Elizabeth Thompson, Barbados’ Ambassador to the United Nations. 

(Barbados Nation) Calypsonians ARE being called on to come with clean lyrics for Crop Over.

(Barbados Nation)  Government has moved to compulsorily acquire the lands in Bay Street, The City, owned by businesswoman Asha “Mrs Ram” Mirchandani.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has agreed to a long-term business partnership in the region of 25 to 30 years to completely renovate and refurbish Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA), to make it the best small airport in the Western Hemisphere.

(Barbados Nation) British national James O’Rourke is singing the praise of technology today.

(Barbados Nation) SHOCKED. That was how Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant described her feelings after hearing how a male visitor tucked a $50 bill into the bosom of a female Barbadian and then slapped her on the bottom.

(Barbados Nation) PORT OF SPAIN – Earlier yesterday the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dismissed an application by four Grenadian nationals against Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) Reverend Reginald Knight has called it quits. The part-time tutor at the Barbados Community College (BCC) has decided to withdraw his services as a tutor in ethics and citizenship, six days after being embroiled in a controversy over leaked exam results at the Howells Cross Road, St Michael institution.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley last night announc-ed a slew of measures aimed at improving the conditions in schools, making them more conducive to teaching and learning.

(Barbados Nation) A cricket ball which was hit for six has left a young mother grieving the death of her baby.

By Ezra Alleyne   (Barbados Nation) It is impossible to calculate the loss to regional journalism as a result of the passing of Harold Hoyte.

(Barbados Nation) Government will sell the assets of the collapsed insurance giant CLICO to help pay off the expenses of its successor, which itself is being dissolved During a town hall meeting on Wednesday night for policyholders of Resolution Life (ResLife), the court-sanctioned successor of CLICO, Director of Finance in the Ministry of Finance Economic Affairs and Investment, Ian Carrington, said this course of action would be taken.

(Barbados Nation) A man and a church have been threatened with legal action if they conduct a memorial service for Shane Brathwaite, who was gunned down on February 27.

(Barbados Nation) Harold Hoyte has passed away. Hoyte, one of the founders of The Nation Publishing Co, passed away around 11:30 a.m.

(Barbados Nation) A goverment backbencher has frowned on the “romanticising” of the recently held Buju Banton concert.

(Barbados Nation) The “fire” within the Barbados Fire Service continues to burn.