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
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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
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
Continue readingCPL set to bowl off at Arnos Vale in St Vincent on night of August 7
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
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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
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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
The Courts must make it “unmistakably clear” that illegal possession of firearms “will be met with severe consequences”. This Content Is Only For Subscribers Please subscribe to unlock this content.
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
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There are reports reaching The Nation that the two people who died in a fire in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, on Monday night, were Barbadians. The woman, said to
The doors of the Six Roads Branch Library in St Philip were officially reopened yesterday, following their closure last September for renovations. Director of the National Library Service Jennifer Yarde