Two bundles of joy
Janai Ward with baby Niyaa Ward-Bruce. It was a special day for Janai Ward as she delivered the first baby on New Year’s Day for 2015 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. She delivered healthy baby girl...
View ArticleSearch on for Carter’s shooter
Police are still looking for the man who fatally shot 31-year-old Jason Carter in the face on New Year’s Day. Carter was pronounced dead at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he was taken after being...
View ArticleGrazettes students going back to school
Grazettes Primary School is fit for students again, the Ministry of Education disclosed today. Students will therefore be heading back to their usual classrooms when the new school term starts next...
View ArticleNo more talk
If the Ministry of Education does not have solutions to deal with problems at the Parkinson Memorial and Alma Parris Memorial secondary schools by Monday, teachers across the island will “take action”....
View ArticleUNION CALL
The island’s more than 25,000 public sector and quasi-public sector workers will be called out to take industrial action in support of retrenched National Conservation Commission (NCC) employees. In...
View ArticleSecond step
Government will soon begin Phase Two of its multi-million-dollar green energy programme at Vaucluse, St Thomas. Minister of the Environment Dr Denis Lowe has disclosed that negotiations are in the...
View ArticleFiesta to help wake the town
A new association has launched an initiative aimed at breathing life back into the sleepy town of Speightstown. The Barbados Association of Tourism Employees (BATE) today announced that on Saturday,...
View ArticleEstwick: Standing my ground
He is considered by some as the most controversial Cabinet minister, and has even been critical of some of his own ministerial colleagues. Even when the voice of Minister of Agriculture, Food,...
View ArticleClasses to be disrupted on Tuesday
Classes would be disrupted on Tuesday as the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) has summoned its members to an extraordinary meeting. In a release issued to the media today, the BUT described the meeting...
View ArticleTrio to appear in court on robbery charges
Three St Michael men, who were wanted by the police for questioning, have been jointly charged for robbery. They are Jamel Michael Welch, 29, of Kings Street, Baxters Road; Jabarri Shaquille Eversley,...
View ArticleSagicor Life downgraded by S&P
Sagicor Life has again been downgraded by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) just weeks after the international rating agency took similar action against Barbados. The agency said it decided to lower the...
View ArticleCheers for Bank on Me, Season Two
Some of the contestants with Minister of Labour Senator Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo. The preview screening of Season Two of the reality TV show Bank on Me was a hit last evening as attendees laughed and...
View ArticleMan assisting with probe into New Year’s Day killing
Deceased Jason Carter A man is now in police custody assisting with investigations into killing of 31-year-old Jason Carter on New Year’s Day. Carter, who lived at Vauxhall #1, Vauxhall, Christ Church,...
View ArticleWanted: Kyle Ramon McNeil Hinds
Police are seeking your assistance to locate Kyle Ramon McNeil Hinds, who is wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. The 31-year-old of #17 Pleasant Hall, St Matthias, Christ Church is...
View ArticleWanted: Leon Garfield Lawrence
Police are seeking your assistance to locate 25-year-old Leon Garfield Lawrence, aliases Shrek and John, in connection with serious criminal matters. Lawrence, who lived at Block 10D Bonnetts Housing...
View ArticleWanted: Jason Cecil Spencer
Lawmen have issued a wanted bulletin for 33-year-old Jason Cecil Spencer. They say the 4th Avenue Pickwick Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael resident is wanted in connection with serious criminal...
View ArticleFisherfolk talk future of the industry
Fisherfolk from across the island were yesterday engaged in talks on the future of the industry. The discussion, held at the office of the Fisheries Division, focused on developing the capacity to...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help to identify suspect
Do you know this man? Police are seeking your help in identifying this suspect, who is wanted in connection with a serious criminal matter. The unknown man is about medium build and of a dark...
View ArticleWanted: Ron Lionel Hill
Police have issued a wanted bulletin for 39-year-old Ron Lionel Hill, aliases ‘Cordus’ and ‘Big Ron’, in connection with serious criminal matters. Lawmen say Hill, who lives at Block 3B St. Matthias,...
View ArticleWanted man turns himself in
One of the five men, who was the subject of a wanted notice by police over the weekend, has turned himself in. Lawmen say 25-year-old Leon Garfield Lawrence, aliases Shrek and John, of Block 10D...
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