Woman hospitalized following violent attack
A man is in custody assisting police with investigations following a violent attack on a woman yesterday afternoon at Fairfield Road, Carrington Village, St Michael. Police say the woman was attacked...
View ArticleOld Year’s Day shooting in Brittons Hill
Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred about 11 o’clock this morning in Brittons Hill, St Michael. The incident occurred at the junction of Brittons New Road and Bonnets New Road...
View ArticleMissing teen
(No picture provided) The police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 16-year-old girl. She is Zoisha Cyrus. She left her Redman’s Village, St Thomas home about 3 pm yesterday and...
View ArticleMissing teen found
The 16-year-old girl who went missing yesterday has been found. In a short note issued a short while ago, police public relations officer Acting Assistant Superintendent David Welch said that Zoisha...
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NIGERIANS HERE
Their anticipated arrival caused many tongues to wag, but when the first batch of 88 Nigerian students landed in Barbados late last night, few people were around to see them. The group was initially to...
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Chopping accused remanded
The man charged with attacking the mother of his children with a cutlass on Monday will spend the New Year in jail. Jeffrey Brathwaite, 58, was remanded to prison today when he appeared in the District...
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Policewoman charged
Police have charged one of their own for failing to show up for work for just over a week. Constable Vonnette Lee was released on $7,500 bail when she appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court,...
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Long wait at BRA for last minute taxpayers
There was a steady stream of people going to pay the controversial Municipal Solid Waste Tax over the past few days as they made every effort to meet today’s 1 pm deadline and avoid the penalties. When...
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Govt giving consideration to passing on fuel savings
Barbadian consumers may soon pay less for petroleum products. Minister of the Environment Dr Denis Lowe said this morning Government would consider passing on the benefits of the current drop in oil...
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OUR CALL
Government will not be bowing to any pressure from the agriculture sector as it decides whether to allow imports of eggs and poultry to deal with reported shortages. In fact, Minister of Commerce...
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New Year hope
The minister responsible for the National Conservation Commission (NCC) has admitted he is “worried” that it is taking too long for retrenched workers to have their case heard before the Employment...
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Protect us
Reflecting on a year of several incidents of domestic violence, the National Organization of Women (NOW) today called for the establishment of a National Sexual Offenders Register as a means of...
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Year in Review: Estwick mixed on 2014
He is considered by some as the most controversial Cabinet minister in Barbados, and has even been critical of some of his own ministerial colleagues. Even when the voice of Minister of Agriculture,...
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Cyprian counting his blessings after near-death experience
If there is one Barbadian who is feeling blessed to be alive to see the start of the New Year, it is 28-year-old Cyprian Payne who almost lost his life after being shot multiple times back in...
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Year in Review : A watershed year
by Reudon Eversley Politically speaking, 2014 can be aptly described as an annus mirablis –– a marvellous year –– for Prime Minister Freundel Stuart in particular. As he looks back on the past 12...
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Bim too slow on tech
“Lethargy, apathy, and lack of drive” are preventing Barbados from reaping the benefits of a Bioscience Park that a technology professional proposed to build here more than two years ago. That’s...
View ArticleElderly woman missing
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Beatrice Barbara Branch, 81, of Bowbells Avenue, Atlantic Shores, Christ Church. She was last seen on Tuesday walking barefooted along Light House...
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Ringing in the New Year
Persons partied well into the wee hours of this morning. Hundreds of Barbadians opted to ring in the New Year lavishly. One of the more popular party spots last night was the BTI high-rise car park,...
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UPDATED: New Year’s Day killing
Jason Carter Just hours into the first day of the New Year, a 31-year-old man has been killed. Police say Jason Carter of Vauxhall #1, Christ Church, was shot in his face by another man at about...
View ArticleUpdate: Elderly woman traced
Police say Beatrice Barbara Branch, 81, of Bowbells Avenue, Atlantic Shores, Christ Church, who was reported missing on Tuesday has been traced.
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