Barbados Nation News

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:40:18 +0000
Prime Minister pays tribute to late Archbishop Drexel Gomez
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today paid tribute to former Anglican Bishop of Barbados and Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies, the Right Reverend Drexel W. Gomez, who passed away earlier today. In a statement issued this afternoon, Mottl...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:06:33 +0000
Clean up or pay up!
COME NOVEMBER 1, a new enforcement programme targeting overgrown vegetation on private housing lots will reshape how the Government addresses property maintenance and public health concerns across the island. Launched yesterday at Warrens Towers II, ...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:57:25 +0000
D’Angelo, R&B Grammy-award winning singer, dies aged 51
R&B award-winning singer Michael Eugene Archer, known to fans as D’Angelo, died aged 51 after a battle with cancer, his family said in a statement. His family said on Tuesday that the singer was leaving behind a “legacy of extraordinarily...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:02:12 +0000
Flash-flood warning issued for Barbados
The Barbados Meteorological Services has upgraded its advisory from a Flash-flood Watch to a Flash-flood Warning for the island.  While rainfall is not expected to be continuous this afternoon, intense showers and occasional heavy downpours are like...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:47:48 +0000
Archbishop Drexel Gomez dies at 88
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – His Grace, the Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez, former Archbishop and Primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies and one of the Caribbean’s most respected Anglican leaders, died on Tuesday at the age of 88 af...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:36:13 +0000
Google to invest $15bn to build AI data hub in India
Google’s parent company Alphabet will invest $15bn (£11.29bn) to build an AI data hub in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state. The facility, which will be set up in the port city of Visakhapatnam, will be part of Google’s global n...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:17:56 +0000
Barbados Royals Club join UNICEF to stage Day of the Girl cricket events
Cricket took centre stage last weekend to mark the occasion of the United Nations and UNICEF International Day of the Girl. Under the theme “The girl I am, the change I lead: girls on the frontlines of crisis”, the event featured a special cricke...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:08:10 +0000
Education officials meet at Charles F. Broome after teachers report sick
Officials from the Ministry of Educational Transformation visited the Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School this morning following the early closure of the school on Monday. The school was dismissed early yesterday after several teachers reported...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:41:32 +0000
‘Economy resilient but testing times loom’
As officials from the Central Bank of Barbados and Ministry of Finance join their counterparts in Washington DC this week for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings, the positive news from the IMF is that the global econ...

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:42:29 +0000
West Indies go down again, but captain Chase sees bright sparks
West Indies went down to India by seven wickets on Tuesday morning in the second Test match, therefore losing the series 2-0. The result came in the first session on the fifth and final day at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Last week India al...

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