Barbados News – Caribbean Life

Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Public Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-ninth session.

Barbados

Barbados second president sworn in

By Bert Wilkinson

Azruddin Mohamed, 38, of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party in Guyana.

Antigua

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Health and Climate Financing Sessions - The Urgent Need for Action at Guastavino's on Sept. 25, 2024 in New York City.

Barbados

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Hurricane Relief

Regional Solidarity

By Bert Wilkinson

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Barbados

Caribbean leaders want to mediate peace between the US and Venezuela

By Bert Wilkinson

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Barbados

Borders open, but not for crime: Caribbean leaders warn as free movement kicks in

By Bert Wilkinson

People walking and enjoying the shopping at vendors that are set up on a Friday night at Oistins in Barbados.

Barbados

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Barbados

Barbados gets second president since becoming a republic

By Bert Wilkinson

Kenya's President William Ruto addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., Sept. 24, 2025.

Barbados

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Antigua

T&T begs to differ with CARICOM on military build up in region

By Bert Wilkinson

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Barbados

Canada PM meets with President of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, Barbados PM

By Nelson A. King

aerial image of antigua and barbuda in the caribbean

Antigua

Caribbean Roundup: Tourism investment in Antigua and Barbuda, jobs struggle in the Bahamas

By Devika Ragoonanan

Retired, Guyanese-born, Registered Nurse Margaret Clara Burke receives CANA Lifetime Achievement Award, flanked by, left to right, CANA President-Elect Dr. Olga Husbands; Mistress of Ceremonies Dr. Jean Leon; Retired Registered Nurse Celia Bramble; incumbent CANA President Registered Nurse Barbara Osborne; and Burke's niece, Heather Mitchell, with bouquet of flowers.

Health

CANA honors outstanding nurses, provides nursing scholarships

By Nelson A. King

Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell addresses the opening of the 4th Annual AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in St. George, Grenada on Monday, July 28, 2025.

Africa

Turning the tide

By Bert Wilkinson

Anguilla

Suriname’s Jennifer Simons joins ranks of CARICOM’s female trailblazers

By Bert Wilkinson

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