Barbados Nation News
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:02:15 +0000Run Barbados Race Day postponed due to waterlogged track
Horse racing fans will be a disappointed bunch this evening. That’s because the Barbados Turf Club (BTC) postponed tomorrow’s day-night programme scheduled to be held at the Garrison Savannah. In a press release issued today, the BTC The Barbados...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:30:02 +0000‘Barbados must prepare for rapid ageing’
The Senate will return to a resolution dealing with a policy on ageing after it was introduced yesterday. Senator Lisa Cummins introduced The Resolution: Parliament Of Barbados Take Note Of The 2023-2028 National Policy On Ageing which is a...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:28:11 +0000Carifesta pay delay
Three months after CARIFESTA XV several cultural practitioners hired for the festival say they are still waiting to be paid. They said the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has failed to clarify the status of the outstanding payments from the August...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:34:31 +0000Barbados rugby team aiming for CAC Games medal
Barbados men’s rugby sevens head coach Joe Whipple says the team is targeting nothing less than a medal at next year’s Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC), which will be held in the Dominican Republic. Speaking yesterday in a press confere...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:04:47 +0000General worker found guilty of trafficking offences
Robert Sylvester Hewitt was found guilty on Tuesday by a Supreme Court No. 2A jury on two drug-related counts. The nine-member jury retired at 4:50 p.m. and returned an hour and eight minutes later with a unanimous guilty verdict on two counts; that ...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:22:55 +0000Woman pleads guilty to threatening the life of Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar
A 30 year-old woman, who appeared in a TikTok video calling on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to kill Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be sentenced on December 18 after she pleaded guilty before a Chaguanas magistrate. Alianna Samaroo...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:03:31 +0000Plan for abandoned lots
Government plans to turn abandoned lots and derelict houses into sustainable housing, Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr William Duguid, announced yesterday. Speaking as Acting Prime Minister at the General Assembly of Ministers and...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:30:12 +0000BL&P’s appeal should be refused, says lawyer
The Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) electricity rate decision is on “solid ground”, contrary to the arguments of Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P). This is what King’s Counsel Alrick Scott, representing the FTC, told the court yes...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:18:07 +0000Court sides with Adidas in appeal over Kanye West collaboration
Adidas has fended off an appeal from shareholders who accused it of hiding misconduct by rapper-entrepreneur Kanye West – otherwise known as Ye – before their partnership broke down in 2022. A San Francisco court said the sportswear giant...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000Upgrade for cancer care
Government has moved to ensure Barbadians will soon no longer have to travel abroad for critical cancer treatment. The state-of-the art linear accelerator (LINAC) machine, installed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) about two weeks ago, was off...