Barbados News

(Barbados Nation) Regional airline LIAT could go belly-up in the next ten days unless CARICOM can find it a $10 million lifeline.

(Barbados Nation) There are six major gangs in Barbados, and guns are being circulated or rented for up to Bds$10 000.

(Barbados Nation) A teenager was shot dead on Tuesday night during a police operation at London Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael.

(Barbados Nation) Three Green Monkeys caused a power outage in The City yesterday morning.

(Barbados Nation) Businessman George Reginald Ivan Parris has been remanded to HMP Dodds.

(Barbados Nation) Reports reaching the NATION indicate that the Louis Lynch stand, commonly referred to as the VIP stand, at the National Stadium is on fire.

(Barbados Nation) Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will pay an official visit to Barbados on Tuesday, March 19, as part of a Caribbean tour.

(Barbados Nation) Special permission was granted for Buju Banton to perform in Barbados because his criminal conviction automatically disqualified him from gaining entry into the island.

(Barbados Nation) THE CLOSE-KNIT RURAL COMMUNITY of Walkes Spring, St Thomas, has been thrown into a state of shock following the gruesome killing of one of its senior citizens, Douglas “Dougy” Barker.

(Barbados Nation) SOME BEACH OPERATORS on the South Coast are in a financial bind as an invasion of Sargassum seaweed chokes their business.

(Barbados Nation) There is an upsurge in the rodent population in Barbados and it is costing Government almost $200 000 annually in its baiting programme.

(Barbados Nation) A monumental change is coming to the way the annual Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure are presented in the House of Assembly.  In a departure from the previous format in which ministers made their presentation standing by their assigned seat, they will now have to sit in the Well of the House of Assembly (the dividing space between the two sides of the Lower Chamber), along with their permanent secretary and technocrats of the ministry, to be quizzed by other ministers, backbenchers and the Opposition Leader on their plans to spend money allocated from the public purse.

(Barbados Nation) The perceived level of public sector corruption in Barbados has not declined, but it is the lowest in the Caribbean.

(Barbados Nation) Triple murder accused, eighteen-year-old Ramario Roach, of River Bay, St Lucy, has been charged with three counts of murder.

(Barbados Nation) Government has partnered with Caribbean LED lighting to replace most of the public street lights in Barbados.

(Barbados Government Information Service) From April 1, the importation, retail, sale and use of petro-based single use plastic (plastic made from petroleum) will no longer be allowed in Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) The boots of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) will be hitting the streets alongside those of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) in a step to reduce crime and gun violence.

(Barbados Nation) The long arm of the law will be reaching those business people who are behind the importation of illegal weapons through the Bridgetown Port. 

(Barbados Nation) ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND gallons of alcohol went up in flames yesterday at the Mount Gay Rum Distillery in St Lucy.

(Barbados Nation) Three shooting deaths within the first two weeks of the year have left residents in some communities fearing for their lives.