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Police probe unnatural death

November 27, 2017, 7:48 am
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Police are investigating the unnatural death of a 23-year-old male at Smith Road, Pine, St Michael. Police Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Roland Cobbler told Barbados TODAY the man was discovered hanging from a cross bar in a bedroom at his home by his mother. Lawmen are currently providing the grieving family with counselling. “At this […]
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Gittens released on $9000 bail

November 27, 2017, 12:40 pm
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Forty-six-year-old Tedroy Henderson Glenfield Gittens was granted $9000 bail with one surety after appearing in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today on eight drug charges. Gittens was arrested on Saturday after police found 111.38 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $5, 569.00; 113.32 grams of cannabis with an estimated street value of […]
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Barbados hailed for effort

November 27, 2017, 4:14 pm
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Barbados squandered an ideal opportunity to capture the 2017 Windward Islands Football Association championship trophy but technical director Ahmed Mohammed still praised the national side for giving their best effort, in the recently concluded tournament in St Vincent. Half of the side returned home this afternoon from Kingstown exhibiting their second-place trophy and that of […]
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‘We will forgive you’

November 27, 2017, 6:10 pm
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With elections around the corner, a new “economic solution” has been put on the table that, if deemed feasible by the electorate, will not only lead to a repeal of the dreaded National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) and the like, but also 100 per cent debt forgiveness on the part of Government. The revolutionary plan […]
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‘Retail therapy’

November 27, 2017, 6:11 pm
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A 31-year-old mother, who said she was “depressed and frustrated” when she stole a pair of shoes, has been placed on a bond for the next 18 months. Shida Sandora Gilkes, of 2nd Avenue, Beckles Hill, St Michael, stole the $284 items from Duty Free Caribbean Holdings on November 11. Gilkes entered the store in […]
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Man accused of cursing his grandmother

November 27, 2017, 6:15 pm
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A 26-year-old man, who cursed his grandmother and damaged her property, will know his fate on December 19. When Abayomi Yohannes Lopez, of Belfield Land, St Michael, appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today he denied assaulting Janelle O’Neal on September 7, occasioning her actual bodily harm. However, he owned up to destroying a cordless phone […]
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Petty thief gets away with time served

November 27, 2017, 6:16 pm
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A 44-year-old man walked out of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today a free man after spending 140 days on remand at HMP Dodds on a charge of theft. Artifus Akelton Flavius, of Trents, St James, had initially denied the charge, but was remanded on July 10 after he was unable to present a suitable […]
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Carpenter accused of eight drug offences

November 27, 2017, 6:16 pm
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A 46-year-old St Michael man, accused of eight drug offences, was granted $9,000 bail today in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Tedroy Henderson Glenfield Gittens, of Military Road, Bush Hall, is charged with possession, possession with intent to supply and trafficking of 111.38 grammes of cocaine worth $5,569. The carpenter is further charged with possession, […]
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Not daunted

November 27, 2017, 6:27 pm
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A leading retail furniture and appliance store says it is simply not daunted by Barbados’ ongoing economic troubles, which have been highlighted by a ballooning national debt in excess of 100 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), a high fiscal deficit of over five per cent of GDP and dwindling international reserves of less […]
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Expert warns of too much uncertainty in Barbados’ tax system

November 27, 2017, 6:28 pm
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As the Freundel Stuart administration struggles to collect more than a billion owed to it in taxes, one international tax expert based in Barbados is warning of the need for a clear tax structure that is based on integrity. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Tax and Legal Services Leader for the Caribbean David Prestwich warned that although companies […]
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Bim woos Latin American offshore companies

November 27, 2017, 6:32 pm
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Barbados is reaching out to Latin America in an effort to attract international business companies, and is using its “favourable tax treaties and tax laws” as a hook.    And even though the business community has expressed concerns over heavy losses in revenue from the sector, and in the wake of its blacklisting as a […]
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Not all bad

November 27, 2017, 6:37 pm
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In his first public comment on a cutlass attack at The Ellerslie School last week, Minister of Education Ronald Jones today promised to be tough on students who threaten to “run havoc” at school. At the same time, Jones said he would not have “Paul pay for all” by introducing security measures that would inconvenience […]
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Jones supports father facing assault charges over bullied son

November 27, 2017, 6:38 pm
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A father who is facing a number of charges stemming from angry visits to Christ Church Foundation School and Deighton Griffith Secondary School, today received the support of Minister of Education Ronald Jones. Jones told reporters on the fringes of the launch of a sixth form programme at The Ellerslie School that the Ricardo Ameka […]
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Adopt ISO standard or be fired, Phillips warns

November 27, 2017, 6:49 pm
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Chief executives of some of the island’s top statutory corporations are being put on notice that should the fledgling Solutions Barbados win the next general election they will be forced to adopt its recommended management system of face the axe. Leader of the two-year-old party Grenville Phillips II is touting ISO 9001, the latest quality […]
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Secret BLP plan

November 27, 2017, 6:52 pm
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One of Barbados’ newest political parties is warning that if the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) wins the next election, it will take the country straight into the hands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Solutions Barbados candidate for Christ Church East Central Scott Weatherhead issued the warning at the weekend during a public launch […]
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Son’s hanging death comes as a shock

November 27, 2017, 6:53 pm
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A St Michael mother this morning experienced a nightmare no parent ever wishes to live through when she discovered the lifeless body of her son hanging from the ceiling of her three-bedroom, Smith Road, The Pine, St Michael home in what is believed at this time to be a suicide. Residents have been rallying around […]
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Strike action looming at SSA

November 27, 2017, 6:55 pm
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Aggrieved workers of the state-owned Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) are scheduled to meet with their union tomorrow morning amid the threat of industrial action. The 6.30 a.m. meeting of all SSA workers has been called by the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), bargaining agent for the garbage collection workers, to thrash out three main […]
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Missing teenager: Rotonia Tamara Mayers

November 28, 2017, 8:06 am
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Police are searching for a missing teenager. She is Rotonia Tamara Mayers of Round Rock, Silver Sands, Christ Church. Mayers was last seen by her mother last week Thursday at home around 5:30 p.m. At the time she was wearing a light blue jean pants and a white shirt with a multi-colored design. Rotonia is […]
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Wanted: Shaquille Cumberbatch, Jermaine Gill

November 28, 2017, 8:57 am
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  Police are on the hunt for two men wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. Wanted is twenty-two-year-old Shaquille O’Neal Orlando Cumberbatch alias Shaq from 3rd Avenue Paris Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael and Golden Rock, Pine, St Michael. Cumberbatch is six feet tall, slim and is dark in complexion. He has a long […]
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Bicyclist injured

November 28, 2017, 9:10 am
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  A seventeen-year-old bicyclist was left nursing injuries after he lost control while riding this morning. According to police at the scene, Akindoran Webster, was riding along St Helen’s Road, St George when he fell to the ground. He suffered lacerations to his face, mouth and arms. Webster was treated by emergency personnel on the […]
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