BWU will take health, safety breaches to Labour Department

18 The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) has warned employers that it will not hesitate to escalate persistent health and safety breaches to the Labour Department, amid growing unease about the conditions under which some Barbadians are required to...

Bar Association requirements still stand in Barbados

174 The Barbados Bar Association is reminding regional attorneys that while it supports the October 1 free movement arrangement among four CARICOM states, anyone seeking to practise law in Barbados must still be admitted to the local Bar. In a...

New network of air quality sensors to warn of health risks

8 People with respiratory illnesses may soon benefit from real-time warnings about dangerous smoke and air pollution, as the University of the West Indies (UWI) leads efforts to deploy an unprecedented network of air quality sensors across the...

Tobago’s Jolé St John Crowned CTO Junior Minister Of Tourism 2025

Tobago’s Jolé St John is the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Junior Regional Minister of Tourism 2025. The Bishop’s High School student emerged the winner of the debate and claimed the coveted title at the CTO’s Regional Youth Tourism Congress in...

Tobago’s Jole St. John crowned Caribbean Junior Minister of Tourism

The talents and capabilities of the future leaders of the tourism industry were on full display at the 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress. Organised by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of...

Barbados & Dominica Join Forces To Offer Multi-Destination Tourism Experiences

Two Caribbean islands, Barbados and Dominica, have signed a landmark agreement to collaborate on promoting their tourism products and offering enhanced multi-destination packages. This partnership between Barbados – the Gem of the Caribbean and...

‘Barbados remains attractive destination for investment’

Geo-political shifts, global competition, and new technologies can seem daunting, but with resilience, vision, and collaboration, we can and will succeed. This observation was made by President of the Association for Global Business, Marlon Yarde....

Prime Minister Mottley pays tribute to the late Thomas Grant

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has paid tribute to the late businessman Thomas “Tom” Grant, describing him as an outstanding Barbadian whose rags-to-riches journey will inspire generations of entrepreneurs and leaders. Below is the full statement...

Prime Minister Mottley pays tribute to Tom Grant

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has paid tribute to Barbadian businessman Thomas “Tom” Grant, who passed away recently. She praised his unwavering determination, noting that throughout his life and work, he showed how perseverance, passion,...

Jole St. John named Regional Junior Minister of Tourism.

Tobago’s 16-year-old Junior Secretary of Tourism Jole St. John is this year’s Regional Junior Minister of Tourism. She was one of 15 participants vying for the coveted title during the Caribbean Youth Congress at the 2025 State of the Tourism...

Dominica enters into a Memorandum of Understanding with Barbados to promote tourism products

Dominica has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Barbados to promote tourism products and offer enhanced multi-destination packages. The agreement was signed on Wednesday October -1st at the Hilton Barbados Resort during the State of...

Statement by Chairman of the 121st Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture, the Hon. Indar Weir, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Barbados | St. Kitts and Nevis| 2 October 2025

I am pleased to report to the people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that the 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED – Agriculture), held during Caribbean Week of Agriculture in St. Kitts and Nevis, has...

Prime Minister of Barbados welcomes historic free movement between four Caribbean nations

THE PRIME Minister of Barbados has welcomed the historic free movement agreement with three other Caribbean nations. Mia Mottley referred to Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines – who will be implementing full free...

Barbados PM says free movement deal will address country’s demographic challenges

Prime Minister Mia Mottley has pledged that Barbados will “open our doors with order and with pride” as the country joins three other Caribbean Community (Caricom) member states in fully implementing free movement for their nationals. -...

Ashes 2025–26: Cameron Green Speaks on Bowling Plans Ahead of Australia vs England Test Series (Watch Video)

Mumbai, October 3: Australian all-rounder Cameron Green said that while he is hoping for an unrestricted role as an all-rounder during the upcoming Ashes series at home starting in November, he could take up a lesser load as a bowler if he is...

Political Analyst welcomes free movement but notes possible political shifts

Political analyst Peter Wickham has said that CARICOM nationals going to Barbados under the new free movement regime, could possibly have an impact on political outcomes going forward. According to the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Wickham...

Barbados Prime Minister urges the region to embrace stronger ties through free movement

Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley said the region is ready for the CARICOM Free Movement regime. She made this statement during an address to her Nation last night. Prime Minister Mottley said with the Free Movement regime, the region...

Barbados hints at amending Economic Substance Act

The Bar­ba­dos gov­ern­ment has hint­ed at the pos­si­bil­i­ty of changes be­ing made to the Eco­nom­ic Sub­stance Act, chang­ing the num­ber of ways in which the is­land moves from be­ing a nom­i­nal tax ju­ris­dic­tion to be­ing a...

Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ready for Full Free Movement on 1 October 2025

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States -Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines- will implement full Free Movement of their nationals among themselves from tomorrow, 1 October 2025. This means that nationals of these...

Barbados PM allays fears over free movement

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley last night sought to allay the fears and address questions being raised by Barbadians ahead of today’s start of Free Movement. The agreement will be implemented in Barbados, Dominica, St Vincent...