Barbados Nation News
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:52:17 +0000NCF pays tribute to veteran broadcaster Maurice Norville
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) today remembered late broadcaster Maurice Norville who served as Master of Ceremonies for several of the body’s marquee events. These include the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) as well...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:33:05 +0000
Woman charged with trafficking ganja on $10 000 bail
Shanece Atkinson was granted bail with one surety when she appeared in the District “B” Magistrates’ Court today. Atkinson, 32, of Charnocks Land, Charnocks, Christ Church, pleaded not guilty to the four charges and Magistrate Douglas Frederick...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000
NCF urged to rethink timing of Food and Rum Festival
Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Javon Griffith is urging the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) to rethink the timing of the Barbados Food and Rum Festival. Traditionally hosted in October, one of the down periods on the...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:18:46 +0000
St Gabriel’s and St Mark’s win primary schools’ football titles
St Gabriel’s School and St Mark’s Primary were the winners of this year’s Barbados Football Association (BFA) Primary Schools Girls’ Football Festival at the BFA Technical Centre in Wildey on Tuesday. The Under-9 category belonged to St Gabri...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:43:57 +0000
Colour, culture and cha cha take to floor
Ellerslie Secondary was unrecognisable recently as the Rhythmic Ballroom Dance Club splashed the campus in a dazzling tide of blue, yellow and black for their annual Independence Variety Show and Dance. The auditorium pulsed with national pride and g...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0000
QEH not a disaster zone, says Ishmael
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Davidson Ishmael has rejected the opinion that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is a “disaster zone”. Responding to an assertion of such by Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne, Ishmael ...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:45:27 +0000
Shai Hope top scores again as Windies all out for 205
Shai Hope top scored with 48 but West Indies batting lost their way, slipping to 205 all out in 75 overs on the first day of the second cricket Test against New Zealand on Wednesday (Tuesday night Barbados Time). Hope, fresh from a century in the f...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:09:14 +0000
National minimum wage to go up, increase also for security guards
The national minimum wage is set to increase by 2 per cent effective January 21, 2026, says the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector The sectoral wage for security guards is also scheduled to rise by the same amount under the Minimum ...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000
Weir: Agriculture seeing growth
Agriculture is growing despite facing some challenges. Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security Indar Weir said the evidence of this was in the Central Bank’s third quarter economic review, as he assured Barbadians there would be adeq...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:27:47 +0000
Two named Caricom Youth Ambassadors
Barbados has announced Christopher Brathwaite and Janae Herbert as its new CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) for the 2025–2027 term – two dynamic young leaders poised to amplify youth voices and advance regional unity across the Caribbean. Christo...