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No industrial action by teachers
Possible industrial action by teachers remains on pause –– at least for another week. President of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) Pedro Shepherd told Barbados TODAY that after meeting yesterday...
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Lashley says, Govt is not going soft on criminals
Amendments being proposed to the Offences Against the Person Act should not be seen as Government “going soft” on criminals. MP for St Philip North Michael Lashley made that assertion as he contributed...
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Six months behind bars for theft
“The court has done all it can for you!” With those words, Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale sentenced 21-year-old Shaquille Duante Va-Dahl Stoute to six months in prison when he appeared in court...
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No rogue cops allowed
The nation’s crime chief has served notice that rogue cops have no place in his force and they will booted out once discovered. Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith did not...
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More police stations coming
Construction on a series of police stations and civic centres is expected to start at strategic locations across Barbados by June this year. Addressing the opening of the annual Royal Barbados Police...
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Overhaul
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is blaming the complexity of the existing Value Added Tax (VAT) Act and cash flow challenges for the delays in paying out VAT and Income Tax refunds to businesses and...
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Crackdown
Hours after the island’s top cop declared a crackdown on crooked law enforcers, one police officer was among three men slapped with drug charges. Special Constable Jimmy Thorne and his younger brother...
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SWEET RELIEF
Sugar farmers have been promised they will get the money they need to plant crops this season, but a tough-talking Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has accused plantation owners and stakeholders of being...
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Convicted killer seeks shorter sentence
Almost a year after admitting to killing a man and being sentenced to 20 years behind bars, Andrew O’Neil Hunte today asked the Court of Appeal for a more lenient sentence. He will now have to wait to...
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Health care debate coming
The Ministry of Health will be seeking Cabinet’s approval to initiate a national debate on health care financing. Minister of Health John Boyce made the disclosure today at the launch of the Strategic...
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Three men – including a police officer – are to appear in court here today following the seizure of 12 pounds of cannabis. Special constable Jimmy Thorne, 37, of Coach Hill, St. John has been charged...
View ArticlePelican Village to host Black History Month exhibition
Pelican Village is set to be repositioned as the area for culture in Barbados during Black History Month in February. Several cultural exhibitions are being planned to mark the occasion and to...
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Get on board
Minister of Culture Stephen Lashley is calling for the public and private sector to work more closely together for the upcoming 2015 Crop Over Festival. Speaking at the sponsorship launch for Crop Over...
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Policeman, brother and businessman remanded
Special Constable Jimmy Thorne, 37, of Coach Hill, St John, his younger brother Jamal Andre Thorne, 32, of Cherry Grove, St John and businessman Ross Ashton, 37, have been remanded to prison for a...
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Christian call
The celebrating of Barbados TODAY’S fifth anniversary continued with a visit by the online paper to The Rock Christian School in Strathclyde, St Michael, this morning. Sales Manager David Williams had...
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Pastor concerned about youth being exposed to illegal animal fights
A local pastor has accused some mothers of feeding their children a diet of violence by taking them to witness illegal, vicious and at times deadly dog and cock fights. Reverend David Durant voiced...
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Failure to show lands man in jail
Magistrate Graveney Bannister remanded a man who turned up at court today, a year after he failed to show for his case. An arrest warrant had been issued for Jerrimy Jamar Allister, of Lower Carlton,...
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Magistrate to rule on bail for trio
Describing the drug case involving a policeman, his brother and a businessman as “exceptionally serious”, a magistrate today said he needed more time to consider whether he should grant the trio bail....
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BMA CLIMB
Despite almost being shut down due to “colossal” debt and other financial challenges, the annual Barbados Music Awards is on the rebound. Executive producer Ronnie Morris told Barbados TODAY this...
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African twist
The controversy surrounding 87 Nigerians here under the Delta State Youth Empowerment Programme has taken a new twist, with some of them charging that recent damning complaints about their...
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