A 24-year-old man, who appeared in court Tuesday with a bandaged right hand, has denied damaging a panel of glass belonging to Republic Bank on New Year’s Day. However, when it came time for consideration to given to granting him bail, prosecutor Neville Reid objected on the grounds that the accused man — Ray Adrian Jon […]
A 24-year-old man, who appeared in court Tuesday with a bandaged right hand, has denied damaging a panel of glass belonging to Republic Bank on New Year’s Day. However, when it came time for consideration to given to granting him bail, prosecutor Neville Reid objected on the grounds that the accused man — Ray Adrian Jon […]
A 28-year-old man who is listed on the police charge sheet as having no fixed place of abode was all smiles Wednesday as he left a Bridgetown Court free of shackles and manacles. Simeon Levi Graham spent four months in HMP Dodds for failing to pay a court imposed $750 fine when he appeared on a robbery […]
A 52-year-old man appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Wednesday charged with three traffic offences. Brian Patrick Foster, of No.2 Club Morgan Ridge, Christ Church, was not required to plead to the charges of driving a motorcar, XK391, on St Lawrence Gap while under the influence of drink or drugs to such an extent as […]
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 23-year-old woman. Vincentia Isidore of Allmans Road of Checker Hall, St Lucy was last seen by her mother around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 when she departed their residence for work at the Sandy Lane Hotel. At the time she was wearing a long black […]
Faced with severe public criticism over chronic water outages and unreliable supplies, particularly to consumers in northern and eastern parishes, the state-run Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is now in for a major management shakeup. Minister of Water Resource Management Dr David Estwick Thursday afternoon confirmed the management restructuring with the top posts being advertised, including that […]
Residents of Joe’s River, St Joseph are worried that a bridge in the community has become a bridge to disaster and a possible death trap; and they are calling on Government to repair it before tragedy strikes. The cause of concern is a crack in the weighbridge, previously used to weigh sugarcane trucks. Community activist […]
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Thursday stopped short of saying “we told you so”. However, with Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr Delisle Worrell currently using the dreaded ‘d’ word –– devaluation –– amid a worrying decline in this country’s foreign reserves, the Opposition’s lead spokesman on economic matters Clyde Mascoll has warned […]
Road safety advocate Sharmane Roland-Bowen is taking a swipe at Government for spending millions of dollars on an underutilized pedestrian overpass in The Pine, St Michael four years ago while neglecting the deteriorating road conditions over the years. Complaining that the potholes across the island had been ignored for much too long, Roland-Bowen said the […]
The local cement company Rock Hard has shattered the virtual wall that had been barring it from entering the regional market. Having complained eight months ago it was experiencing a hard time selling outside of Barbados, the company is now about to enter several territories. Executive Chairman Mark Maloney said a ship offloaded cement here […]
Barbados’ largest public sector union, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), is continuing to press for an early resumption to talks for salary increases for the island’s 9,000 civil servants. Immediately after declaring victory in talks with Grantley Adams International Airport Inc for a pay rise for airport workers, NUPW President Akanni McDowall had […]
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has responded to the recent public outcry about potholes, saying they were simply one of the inconveniences of life. During a reception for repeat visitors at his official residence last night, the Prime Minister further downplayed the issue which has been a source of much national debate and consternation, especially among […]
The number of domestic violence cases here dropped last year when compared to 2015, according to anti-violence campaigner Liesel Daisley. The founder of the non-profit organization Service Alliance for Violent Encounters (SAVE) Foundation did not provide statistics to back her conclusion. However, she told Barbados TODAY there was a noticeable decline in reports of abuse […]
The Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) is hopping mad over the timing of a meeting organized by the Ministry of Education to discuss the reopening of Combermere School next week, suggesting the ministry might have ulterior motives. While announcing yesterday that cleanup work at the school would soon be completed “with the expectation that the […]
The contentious docking of teachers’ pay last year is among of list of issues the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) intends to tackle this year, even as the union insists it wants a less acrimonious relationship with the Ministry of Education. BUT President Pedro Shepherd told Barbados TODAY the fight to have the pay restored […]
The Central Bank of Barbados has paid tribute to former Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight Venner, who passed away on December 22, 2016. In a letter to current ECCB Governor Timothy Antoine, Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell expressed his condolences. “Our hearts are with you, and we are thankful […]
Gunshots erupted at the Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday, leaving multiple people dead. Authorities say the gunman, who appeared to be acting alone, is in custody. Five people are dead, and eight people were transported to a hospital, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter. Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer also tweeted: “I’m […]
After more than a year of disruptions, the mystery surrounding the foul odour that has permeated the Combermere School compound has finally been solved. Following “an extensive and fairly rigorous” examination, a team of technical specialists has concluded that chemical waste from Science labs, was one of the main reasons behind the pungent smell that […]
Insensitive to say the very least! That’s how the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has described Prime Minister Freundel Stuart’s response to what it is calling “Barbados’ pothole epidemic”. In a statement Friday evening, BLP spokesman Dwight Sutherland also took Member of Parliament for St Lucy Denis Kellman to task for suggesting that potholes save lives. […]
A young mother is counting her blessings after the joy of giving birth was brought to a dramatic and cruel end on two occasions. Four years ago, Lynette Lynch was brimming with joy as she prepared for the birth of her first child. Nickolai would come at 42 weeks and develop meningitis, shattering her happiness […]
Barbados’ newest political party, Solutions Barbados, is warning that it should not be written off in the next general election due next year. Political Leader Grenville Phillips II has revealed that the party had already confirmed 14 candidates for the poll, all political novices, with a full slate expected by the time Prime Minister Freundel […]
