Barbados News

(Barbados Nation) Consumers will pay more for gasoline, but less for kerosene and liquified petroleum products, from midnight Sunday, May 5.  

(Barbados Nation) Mia Kirton thought she was having a nightmare when she got a call that her boyfriend of five years, Eton “Uncle” Lyken, was shot dead during a robbery.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT is staying in the air in spite of its financial challenges.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has sent a strong verbal message to Cricket West Indies (CWI) led by Ricky Skerritt that it should be cautious before moving swiftly to introduce a clean sweep of the top decision-makers of a sport which comes close to religion status in the English-speaking Caribbean.

(Barbados Nation) Attorney General Dale Marshall is warning Barbadians that terrorism threats might be closer to home than they think.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Mottley has established a special committee as Government seeks to ensure investors are not granted “egregious contracts” and concessions.

(Barbados Nation) A screaming prankster and his friend, who barged into a church disrupting its service last week and scaring members, have been condemned by the minister for the social media antic.

(Barbados Nation) Trinidad Cement Limited  (TCL) isn’t planning on waiting for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to determine what’s next in the cement war against Barbados-based Rock Hard Cement after all.

(Barbados Nation) Government’s amendment to the Bail Act has received some approval from the court of public opinion.

(Barbados Nation) DRUG USERS who have been caught with what might seem to be small quantities of marijuana are actually helping to fuel the trade in illegal guns.

(Barbados nation) Two fake cops were forced to flee and call the real police after Deacons, St Michael residents set upon them when they tried to confiscate a second bicycle.

(Barbados Nation) Sweet deals have come to an end. This is the promise of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley who said Government was in the process of renegotiating public contracts which she described as expensive and untendered.

(Barbados Nation) The gun violence has hit too close to home for one St Philip community.

(Barbados Nation) A mother and son are the island’s latest murder victims after a double homicide at Rices, St Philip tonight.

(Barbados Nation) A subcontractor’s first day on the job at Portvale Sugar Factory ended tragically on Saturday afternoon when he fell 70 feet to his death.

(Barbados Nation) Another school has closed because of environmental issues. And Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw is asking parents and teachers for their patience.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has been blacklisted by the European Union (EU), and faces the threat of “sanctions”, including reduced funding.

(Barbados Nation)  Parkland Fuel Corporation is now calling the shots at SOL and management has signalled changes are coming to the Caribbean fuel company.

(Barbados Nation) The Royal Barbados Police Force and the Child Care Board are currently investigating an incident which began circulating on social media last Sunday of a child tied up with rope.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw says she will not tolerate teachers who flog children when the law does not permit them to do so.