Barbados Nation News
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:45:15 +0000Mike Tyson attends ITF tennis tournament in Barbados
Legendary boxer Mike Tyson is currently at the National Tennis Centre, watching his daughter Milan Tyson compete at the very first Under-18 International Tennis Federation Tournament being played at the Raymond Forde Tennis Centre. Participants...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:26:41 +0000One dead, two injured in incident at Lears Quarry
Update One man has died and three others were injured following an incident at a quarry in St Michael on Wednesday morning. Police said the incident occurred around 9:57 a.m. at a quarry at Lears, where a group of individuals were setting up a piece ...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:04:28 +0000$31 000 gun fines ‘a clear message’
The Courts must make it “unmistakably clear” that illegal possession of firearms “will be met with severe consequences”. So, declared Justice Donna Babb-Agard, as she ordered Shakkell Anthwon Dyall to pay a total of $31 000 in fines for an il...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:47:25 +0000Asthma Association condemns backyard burning of trash
The Asthma Association of Barbados is warning that burning vegetation and garbage is placing people with respiratory illnesses at risk. President Rosita Pollard voiced the organisation’s alarm following complaints from members of the public, especi...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:35:43 +0000Man fatally shot in St Michael
A 26-year-old man has been shot and killed in St Michael late Tuesday night. Daquan Roberts, of Church Hill Road, Gall Hill, Christ Church, died after being shot along Spruce Street around 10:50 p.m. Police said Roberts was standing outside a residen...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:19:31 +0000CPL set to bowl off at Arnos Vale in St Vincent on night of August 7
This year the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will bowl off on Friday, August 7 in St Vincent. The tournament organisers announced on Wednesday that Arnos Vale will be the neutral venue for the first three matches. They noted that this...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:07:01 +0000South Korea jails American YouTuber for public nuisance
American livestreamer Johnny Somali, who caused outrage in South Korea by kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves, has been sentenced to six months in jail. Seoul authorities charged him for public nuisance in November 2024 after he po...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:52:20 +0000Mottley calls for overhaul of global finance system
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has urged major changes to the global financial system, warning that current measures fail to account for the realities facing vulnerable countries like Barbados. She made the appeal during a high-level discussion in W...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:41:34 +0000FSC vows to enforce rule ‘without fear’
Financial Services Commission (FSC) chairman Sir Patterson Cheltenham has served notice that the agency will be enforcing its regulatory mandate “without fear or favour”. The former Chief Justice, who has been leading the FSC’s Board of Commiss...
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:25:21 +0000Caricom pushes again for slave trade reparations
GENEVA – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries yesterday reiterated their call for reparatory justice for the trans Atlantic slave trade saying their position is grounded in responsibility and equity. Guyana’s Minister within the Ministry of Cu...