(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.
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.
(Barbados Nation) Washington – The World Bank board of executive directors approved yesterday a US$100 million COVID-19 Response and Recovery Development Policy Loan for Barbados.
(Barbados Nation) The first Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Sir Courtney Blackman was yesterday remembered and praised for the breadth of his contribution to Barbados but particularly for the establishment of a Barbados financial institution of which the island is proud.
(Barbados Nation) The man who was the subject of a wanted notice was shot and killed in Lower Gills Road, St Michael yesterday after reportedly exchanging gunfire with police.
(Barbados Today) Noted cultural practitioner Clairmonte Taitt had died. In a statement, The National Cultural Foundation praised his work and contribution to the arts.
(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 Nation) The Celebrity Millennium will be the first ship to arrive in Barbados on Monday, June 7, under the new protocols for cruises dedicated to fully vaccinated travellers.
(Barbados Nation) Artiste Peter Ram has expressed his “sincere apology” for his participation in a freestyle Trojan Riddim Mix which he said was recorded a year-and-a-half ago.
(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.
(Barbados Nation) The Royal Barbados Police Force is continuing investigations into the death of a police officer who was shot and killed while responding to an attempted robbery in his neighbourhood of Rose Hill, St Peter on Saturday night.