Barbados News

Man held in death of Jamaican sex worker

(Barbados Nation) – A man is in police custody assisting with investigations into the death of Jamaican sex worker Odith Henriques, 44, whose nude body was discovered last week in the yard of an abandoned house in Beckwith Street, The City.

FILE PHOTO: A Sinopharm sign is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Sinopharm sign is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Minister urges Bajans to take Sinopharm jab

(Barbados Nation) It’s time to stop playing the vaccination waiting game, warns Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic.

NOAA

Hurricane Elsa pounding Barbados

CHRIST CHURCH, Barbados,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Elsa caused power outages, blew roofs off homes, toppled trees and caused flooding in areas of the island-nation of Barbados today.

Air Canada resumes flights to Barbados

(Barbados Nation) The arrivals hall of the Grantley Adams International Airport was busy yesterday afternoon when three flights from international airlines arrived, including Air Canada, which restarted passenger flights to Barbados following a four-month suspension.

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley

Mottley says plenty still be done for Barbados

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley isn’t fooling herself. The Barbados Labour Party leader on Sunday night boasted of many things her administration had been able to achieve in the first three years in office, but said there was still plenty to be done.

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