Barbados Nation News

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:35:37 +0000
Update: Bank Hall man identified as latest shooting victim
Twenty-one-year-old Cammeron Ifill of Pasture Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Gall Hill, Christ Church. Police said Ifill was killed at a residence in Byrons Lane around 12:15 a.m. on Monday. Acco...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:14:14 +0000
Central Bank urges financial institutions to address BiMPay issues
The Central Bank of Barbados is urging financial institutions to do more to fix the challenges, including the late payment of salaries and other delayed fund transfers, which have plagued the BiMPay payment rail during its first month of use. Central...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:14:13 +0000
Disabled jobless rate ‘a crisis’
The high unemployment rate among people with disabilities is not just a social issue but a national development crisis, according to executive director of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), Richard Jones. Addressing the annual general me...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:00:13 +0000
US$17.6b in climate investment pipeline
Billions of dollars in projects, financing and entrepreneurial opportunities in the Caribbean have emerged from an inaugural summit that was recently held in Barbados to help remove climate investment barriers. Less than a month after the Caribbean C...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:37:51 +0000
Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda advance to second round of AmeriCup
Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda topped their respective groups to advance to the second round of the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifiers here on Sunday. Competing in the Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers, Barbados played unbeaten in Group B to f...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:41:57 +0000
Nicholls: Govt to study how freedom of information works in region
Government should soon start conducting research into how well freedom of information legislation is working in the region. After addressing the Barbados Association of Journalists & Media Workers’ (BARJAM) annual general meeting at the Ca...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:35:25 +0000
Man killed in Silver Hill shooting
Update Twenty-one-year-old Cammeron Ifill of Pasture Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Gall Hill, Christ Church. Police said Ifill was killed at a residence in Byrons Lane around 12:15 a.m. on Monda...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:56:38 +0000
Sam Neill, Jurassic Park star, dies at 78
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for playing paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in dinosaur blockbuster “Jurassic Park” and whose career included more than 50 movies, has died at the age of 78. A post shared on social media by his fa...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:23:26 +0000
Mikey blows away field to lift both Party Monarch titles
Mikey Mercer set the bar impossibly high, convincingly winning both titles to be crowned the undisputed Banks Party Monarch when the competition was held at the National Botanical Gardens yesterday. Mercer earned 100 points each in the Sweet Soca and...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:44:53 +0000
Sinner fends off Zverev in power battle to retain Wimbledon crown
Italian top seed Jannik Sinner resisted an all-out onslaught by an inspired Alexander Zverev to retain his Wimbledon crown in a thunderous final and claim a fifth Grand Slam title on Sunday. Zverev, in his first Wimbledon final hot on the heels of ...

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