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Wanted man nabbed, another still on the run
Police have nabbed one wanted man but are still searching for another. Toriano Tracy Hunte, alias Hunter, was held after members of the Special Services Unit intercepted a car he was travelling in on...
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Tax returns by September
Finance Minister Chris Sinckler says the Government intends to settle all outstanding income tax refunds by the end of September this year. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler Sinckler gave the...
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Name too familiar, says magistrate
A Bridgetown Magistrate today seemed puzzled by the way mothers repeatedly come to the law courts to stand as sureties for their accused sons, who have more than one matter before the court. Magistrate...
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Suppliers tell QEH it must pay up, BLP charges
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has charged that pharmaceutical companies are now requiring the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to not only pay for items up front, but to make payments toward their old...
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It worked!
The Freundel Stuart administration today announced that an ambitious home grown fiscal adjustment programme embarked on during the past 19 months has prevented a devaluation of the Barbados dollar and...
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Mottley: Estimates an exercise in fiction
The sacrifices Barbadians made over the last 19 months under Government’s fiscal adjustment programme have all been for naught. Opposition Leader Mia Mottley took that position today as she described...
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Watchman pleads not guilty to wounding workmate
A watchman was found not guilty by acting Magistrate Alliston Seale today, in a matter where he was accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding a workmate. Monroe McDonald Pilgrim, of Airy Hill, St...
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DADDY GONE
A grieving son tonight is demanding answers about the tragic death of his father. With tears streaming down his face and two bullet wounds in his back, Junior Knight is questioning why his 57-year-old...
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Parris’ baby?
She is listed in the latest judicial manager’s report “as Leroy Parris’ daughter”. However, lawyers for the embattled former chairman of CLICO International Life (CIL) today dismissed the claim as mere...
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The following persons are asked to contact the District C Magistrates’ Court as soon as possible: Rose-Ann Callender of Browne’s Gap, Jackson, St Michael; Moesha and Oladele Williams, both of Golden...
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NIS cheques this week, assures PM
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says he sympathizes with pensioners and other Government beneficiaries, who have recently been affected by a delay in payments. The situation has reportedly been caused...
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Learning Centre gets $100,000
The Learning Centre may be able to keep its doors open for a little while longer. The St James institution that caters to children with disabilitieshas received a $100,000 subvention from Government....
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Cash flow problems to continue
Barbadians are being advised that Government’s cash flow problems will likely continue into the next financial year. That disclosure came from Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler as he delivered the...
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Hard lesson
The man who broke into the home of the late Sylvan Knight and his family over the weekend, admitted in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today that he did so and stole two tablet computers worth $400...
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Community service for scaling stadium wall
A man who refused to pay the entrance fee to watch a football match at the National Stadium on Sunday, was ordered by a Bridgetown Court to perform 140 hours of community service after police saw him...
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PM holding CLICO list
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart today broke his silence on the CLICO affair, promising to reveal ‘lots’ on those earning ‘quick money’ from the collapsed insurance company. He also contended that an...
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BELOW PAR
A former trade union leader and this island’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador, Robert “Bobby” Morris, is concerned that Barbados’ education system is not developing innovators, and wonders...
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Unfortunate!
The Cabinet Minister responsible for the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) is tonight expressing serious concern over the shooting death of 57-year-old Selwyn Knight, which came at the hands of a...
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Businessman guilty of hitting employee
Three years after businessman Ricky Roland “Owlie” Alkins hit one of his employees in the face with a rock, he was found guilty by a jury earlier today. The jury determined that Alkins, 42, of Hannays,...
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Reform push
The Cabinet of Barbados has already agreed to a programme of reform. During his presentation of the 2015/2016 Estimates in Parliament yesterday, Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler zeroed in on the...
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