Police constable charged
A police constable has found himself on the wrong side of the law. Thirty-eight-year old Winthea Lynch is due to appear in court today after being slapped with four charges: assault occasioning actual...
View ArticleMissing schoolgirls
Police are seeking your assistance in locating two missing girls, ages 14 and 17. Kiza Amanda Barton, 14, of Central Close, Haynesville, St James left home about 7:45 a.m. on Thursday dressed in her...
View ArticleToppin: Deal with natural gas shortage
Unfortunate and unacceptable. That is how Ronald Toppin, the Opposition spokesperson on tourism and international transport is describing the shortage of natural gas that has hit the South Coast,...
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Teens gain hands-on business experience
Close to two dozen new trades opened for business today at Coconut Walk, Rockley, Christ Church for the first ever BEF Columbus $20 Challenge Market Place. The 20 groups of teenagers, including 40...
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DLP begins week of remembrance for Barbados’ first Prime Minister
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (fourth from left) poses with DLP party stalwarts who were awarded at this morning’s church service. Members of the governing Democratic Labour Party today commenced a...
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Nigerian students enjoy Bajan culture
Their first few weeks in Barbados did not get off on the right note, but the outlook of the almost 90 Nigerians who are pursuing a nine-month programme at the Barbados Community College appears to...
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Hope lost
A St Michael mother has given up all hope of finding her son alive after he went missing last Wednesday. Pamela Holford, a resident of 3rd Avenue Licorish Village this evening made a sombre prediction...
View ArticleSeven remanded
Seven people, including a juvenile and a woman, were remanded to prison on multiple counts of burglary and other offences when they appeared in the Oistins Magistrates’ Court today. A 15-year-old from...
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HOUSE TALKS
Today it was time for talk among members of Parliament’s Committee of Privileges about the controversy surrounding Speaker of the House of Assembly Michael Carrington. But after they spoke among...
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16 injured in accident
Sixteen people were injured when a ZR van and a truck collided on Wanstead Road, St James this afternoon. Five of them were hurt seriously and had to be taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) by...
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PRESIDENTIAL MOVE
The Freundel Stuart administration is being urged to make Barbados a republic. The advice has come from a man of the cloth who says it is time for this country to move away from the monarchy and take...
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MPs tightlipped on House Speaker controversy
One week after Speaker of the House Michael Carrington recused himself over a legal dispute with a former client, the Committee of Privileges held its first hearing on the matter. But all of the...
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Customs watch
Unrest is brewing within another Government department and the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is preparing to intervene to avert industrial upheaval. Coming on the heels of last week’s...
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On the brink
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has charged that the Central Bank is close to insolvency and has blamed that state of affairs on the mismanagement of public finances. She told a Barbados Labour Party...
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Mottley: Bring on that eminent group
Citing further worsening of circumstances in the country, Mia Mottley last night renewed a call for Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to establish a group of leading thinkers to find a way out. The...
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Harsher penalties for employers needed
If acting general secretary of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Roslyn Smith had her way, employers who disobeyed an order to reinstate or re-engage an employee would be made to pay a hefty...
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Wanted woman turns herself in
The Jamaican woman who was the subject of a police wanted bulletin last week has turned herself in. Lawmen say 25-year-old Kerreon Kelly surrendered to the Oistins Police Station yesterday. She is...
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DLP stalwarts awarded
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on Sunday issued a rallying call to residents, urging them to continue making sacrifices to help pull the country out of the current economic slump. While describing the...
View ArticleDrug shipment intercepted
Law enforcement officials in Trinidad yesterday intercepted a shipment of marijuana bound for Barbados. The 2.14 kilogrammes of the illegal drug were found hidden in building material that was in a...
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STAYING PUT
Delta State officials have reported a “near resolution” in the saga of disgruntled Nigerian students and plan to expand the programme under which they are studying even though it has been shrouded in...
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