If Donville Inniss’s trial were taking place here, the charges would have been tosssed a long time ago, General Secretary of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Guyson Mayers has said. As the trial of the former high-ranking DLP member began in New York yesterday, Mayers contended that under Barbadian laws, the elements of money laundering, […]
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The Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) had lost some of its Government contracts in the face of stiff competition from its competitors in 2015. That was the evidence of now chief underwriting officer Golbourn Alleyne, when he took to the stand yesterday on the opening day of the US Government’s case against Donville Inniss. […]
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A senior official has pushed back against suggestions that the absence of key personnel and sterilised equipment is preventing the Queen Elizabeth Hospital from carrying out surgeries. The QEH’s Director of Medical Services Anthony Harris sought to defend the hospital, acknowledging that while some challenges did exist, he suggested the case of a 30-year-old man […]
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While “the devil” caused him to snatch a lady’s bag from a Baxter’s Road establishment, Anthony McDonald Emmanuel Griffith claimed his conscience would not allow him to take its contents. The 35-year-old, Lightfoot Lane, St Michael resident, told Magistrate Douglas Frederick: “I ain’t take nothing in the bag. I tell she sorry. That was Satan, […]
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The man charged with the year-old shooting death of 83-year-old Oscar Nard Hamblin today admitted that he had been “hiding” from law enforcement officers. “ I was hiding sir because I know the Major Crime uint was looking for me,” murder accused Renico Dadrian Murray, of no fixed place of abode, told Magistrate Douglas Frederick […]
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Policewoman Vonnette Latoya Lee has allegedly found herself on the wrong side of the law. The 34-year-old officer, of Lot A10 Berlin Road, Woodbourne, St Philip appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today on three charges. Represented by attorney-at-law Rasheed Belgrave, the officer entered not guilty pleas to allegations that she unlawfully assaulted Denico […]
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A 23-year-old unemployed man who allegedly committed a criminal act on December 23, 2019 while he was armed with rocks was granted bail today. When Ramario Adin Gould, of Westbury Road, St Michael appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick, he was not required to plead to the indictable charge that he entered the house of Lionel […]
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On Thursday, a former Barbados Government minister will know his fate on money laundering charges brought against him by the United States Government. Both the prosecution and defense closed their cases today in the case in which former minister and senior member of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Donville Inniss is charged with two counts […]
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A terrifying shooting Tuesday afternoon in New Orleans sent bystanders scampering for safety, prompting residents to plead with authorities to replace police with soldiers in the inner-city community. Despite claims on social media, no one was injured in the attack, but residents say it was yet another episode in a series of similar scenes which […]
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The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training is informing teachers, parents and guardians that the Lawrence T. Gay Memorial Primary School, located at Spooners Hill, St. Michael, is closed today, Wednesday January 15, 2020. This closure is to allow authorities to put measures in place to seek to identify the source of wind blown […]
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Fidel Nkomo Alleyne and Malissa Carla Griffith made history in the High Court when they became the first accused to plead guilty to murder under the amended Offences Against the Persons Act 2018. This afternoon the confessed murderers took responsibility for the shooting death of 22-year-old Lamar Carter which occurred between February 9 and 10, […]
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Two weeks into the new school term, the Lawrence T Gay Primary School will close its doors for the rest of the week to allow for environmental tests to determine the source of air quality problems which have plagued the school since late last year. The decision follows a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with teachers and their […]
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Fidel Nkomo Alleyne told police he was “so blinded by love” for his co-conspirator that he took the life of 22-year-old Lamar Carter back in February 2015. Alleyne, of No. 116 Denton Road, Grazettes, St Michael made the confession to police when he dictated a statement on what led to Carter’s shooting death between February […]
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Frustrated with the abuse sustained at the hands of the late Lamar Carter confessed murderer Malissa Carla Griffith told her friend Fidel Alleyne the deceased “liked to buy weed” and “anybody can catch Lamar like that”. That evidence was revealed today as Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Anthony Blackman detailed the facts of Carter’s […]
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Investigators of the Royal Barbados Police Force need an “unfettered chance” to find the other suspects connected to the Kentucky Fried Chicken (Barbados) Limited robbery, Magistrate Douglas Frederick today said as he remanded two men charged with the offence to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds for the next 28-days. Junior supervisor at the fast food franchise […]
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Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir has rushed to the defence of the National Tree Planting Project, dismissing as bordering on “ridiculous” farmers’ concerns of trees taking up valuable pasture lands for their livestock. Outcry emerged after it was announced that substantial grasslands at Hope Plantation, St Lucy are to be used as part of the […]
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It is “unfortunate” that well-known public figure and political consultant, Peter Wickham could not be married in his country of citizenship, a regional gay rights advocate has said. Maurice Tomlinson, a Jamaican working closely with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to have the country’s sodomy laws struck from the Offences Against the Person Act […]
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Turning sargassum seaweed into bioplastic and fish offal into fuel are among four maritime industry startups to receive backing from the United Nations Development Programme, the UNDP has announced. The ventures were unveiled at a UNDP blue economy accelerator lab’s Blue Tank session at UN House. During the Blue Tank, eight innovators pitched their concepts […]
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Government is using liberal policies on marijuana to secure economic opportunities for the rich, while denying small farmers a stake in the billion-dollar industry. In the process the Rastafarian community is being disrespected, according to Democratic Labour Party (DLP) President, Verla DePeiza. While large investors line up for grower’s licences permitting them to plant cannabis […]
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The Barbados Fire Service (BFS) will be headquartered at Prince Road, Pine, St Michael, on the same compound as the CXC buildings. This announcement came from Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson who also told journalists today that the proposed state-of-the-art facility will replace the Probyn Street Bridgetown headquarters earmarked for demolition. After that takes […]
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