Prime Minister Mia Mottley scored a landslide victory in the January 19 election for her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) in the country's first election since it became a republic, winning all 30 seats in the national legislature

Protests broke out against the sale of national land and what is described as the giving way of the country’s heritage: the Holetown Civic Centre is being relocated to make way for a 100-room hotel and Afreximbank got 2,037 ha of state-owned land for free

Renewstable Barbados plans to implement a green hydrogen project that integrates solar energy with green hydrogen storage, in a joint EU initiative with the government and French companies HDF Energy and Rubis

To strengthen health care and boost digital connectivity, Barbados signed two key agreements with European partners, one focusing on pharmaceutical regulatory cooperation and the other on satellite technology for digital transformation

The Eco Fit Youth initiative, a programme dedicated to sustainability and a healthy lifestyle, having involved over 3.000 students in 20 primary schools in Barbados, will now expand to the Caribbean