Punish Jeff Broomes
The head of the umbrella body for Parent-Teacher Associations is recommending disciplinary action against principal of Parkinson Memorial Secondary School, Jeff Broomes, if it is found that he has not...
View ArticleCLICO DEAD?
Two prominent attorneys-at-law last night sounded the unofficial death knell of the embattled CLICO International Life, while calling on the head of the Barbados Investors and Policyholders Alliance...
View ArticleOn notice
Barbadians have been put on notice for possible protest action by doctors at the state-run Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), which threatens to disrupt the island’s health care service delivery. The...
View ArticleTrio on remand
Fidel Nkomo Alleyne and Malissa Carla Griffith who are accused to murdering Lamar Carter, 22, early last week have been remanded to prison until March 5. Thirty-six-year old Alleyne of #116 Denton...
View ArticleChris steers clear of CLICO talk
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has made it clear that he is not about to become entangled in the legal troubles surrounding the CLICO International Life (CIL). Over the past few weeks there have...
View ArticleHandyman assaults man with a piece of wood
On February 9, a man told the court that he assaulted Geovanni Williams in defence of his sister. Therefore, Kenroy Sergio Crichlow, of Watkins Alley, Suttle Street, The City, pleaded guilty before...
View ArticleAnother charge
The young man who appeared in a Bridgetown Court last week accused of robbing the Black Rock branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia on January 27, went before the District ‘B’ Magistrates Court today....
View ArticlePaul: No bashment please!
With just over a week to go before the annual Agrofest showcase takes place, organizers are sending a stern warning to patrons and exhibitors who may want to disobey the rules. And while Chief...
View ArticleMYRIE EFFECT
Sixteen months after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled against Barbados in the matter involving Jamaican Shanique Myrie, Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite is telling immigration...
View ArticleFinance Minister defends immigration practices
Finance Minister Chris Sinckler is defending the practices of the Immigration Department. The St Michael North West Member of Parliament said they have a duty to ensure that Barbadians are safe and...
View ArticleFormer security guard confesses to stealing
A former bank security guard who stole funds from a customer’s account has been remanded until March 13. Oswald Leon Branch, 30, of St Stephen’s Hill, Black Rock, St Michael had earlier confessed to...
View ArticleDiatribe!
He was among three prominent Barbadian attorneys who were recently criticized by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for their handling of an appeal case. And Queen’s Counsel Vernon Smith is not...
View ArticleEx-boyfriend fined for assault
A St Michael man found out today just how expensive a slap can be, after he was ordered to pay his ex-girlfriend $700 in compensation. Jamar Damian Reid of Mount Friendship Road, St Michael pleaded...
View ArticleSJPP designer at New York Fashion Week
The Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) has created history with one of its students being able to showcase her designs in New York. Marvo White-Jessamy, a second year student of the Garment...
View ArticleWoman calls for court matter to be dealt with quickly
A 57-year-old woman facing drug-related charges today asked a Bridgetown magistrate for her case to be dealt with before she dies. Joan Patricia Broomes told Magistrate Douglas Frederick that her...
View ArticleSir Roy pays tribute
Veteran trade unionist Sir Roy Trotman has lauded the late Sir Harcourt Lewis for his “significant roles” in the trade union and credit union movements. Sir Roy –– an Independent Senator and former...
View ArticleHONEYMOON HORROR
In light of what they describe as a “horrifying” 15-hour ordeal in the Accident & Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) last month, a traumatized Canadian couple is appealing...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty
A man who was driving the vehicle in which his girlfriend was killed four years ago, today pleaded guilty to dangerous driving. Jason Hutson Beckles, an air conditioning technician from Bryan Road,...
View ArticlePull brakes!
Recently announced plans to restructure the financially ailing LIAT may have grounded to a halt following the intervention of Antigua and Barbuda – the second largest shareholder government in the...
View ArticleSymmonds dismisses Inniss’ comments on CCJ
Meaningless drivel and brainless buffoonery! That’s how attorney-at-law and Opposition MP Kerrie Symmonds has dismissed recent criticisms levelled by Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss...
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