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Shopkeeper pleads guilty to receiving stolen items
“Citizens have a greater duty to play in this fight against crime”. So said acting Magistrate Alliston Seale in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court today, after he adjudicated a matter against a St...
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A cry for drinks
Despite claiming that sales have not “been bad”, some vendors plying their trade at the Barbados Secondary School Athletic Championships (BSSAC) believe they should be allowed to sell beverages at the...
View ArticleKidnapping report made
Police are investigating a possible kidnapping. Acting assistant senior superintendent David Welch told Barbados TODAYthat the Force had received information to suggest that a man might have been taken...
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Wall must come down, orders Court of Appeal
A Horton Tenantry, St Joseph family will have to knock down a wall, which a High Court judge ordered them to do 17 years ago. The matter first began when Lionel St Hill, who lives on the adjacent...
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Inniss: Public servants need to be accountable
Plain-speaking Cabinet minister Donville Inniss is demanding greater accountability from public officers when the delivery of service to the Government’s clients, including businesses and the general...
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Give us an ease, please!
Director of FAS Entertainment, Al Gilkes, is appealing to Government to give promoters a Value Added Tax (VAT) break. Speaking at the launch of the annual Reggae Festival at Kensington Oval last night,...
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Not guilty verdict
The murder trial against Bhuall Keimraj was discontinued earlier today after Justice Olson Alleyne ruled a statement, allegedly made by the accused man, inadmissible. The jury then returned a formal...
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Fright and flight
Local taxpayers owe Government over $400 million in outstanding Value Added Tax (VAT) payments. The figure has emerged from a recent special audit of the management of the accounts receivable in the...
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Special audit of VAT Dept receivables
Continued from: From the Auditor General’s Report 4. Effectiveness of collection methods. The division did not collect information on its tax collection methods and so cannot reliably determine the...
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No quick fix
There are no quick fix solutions to the Caribbean’s economic troubles with or without the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur issued this advice as he delivered the Sir...
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Merger Approved!
Phil Bentley, chief executive officer of Cable & Wireless Communications (left), and Brendan Paddick, CEO and chairman of Columbus Communications, are all smiles after inking the proposed merger...
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GRIEVING SOULS
While the family of Selwyn Knight who was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer awaits word from the Director of Public Prosecutions, a Government minister is warning authorities that they...
View ArticleClass action suit filed against acting police chief
An application for an injunction against the Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith and Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite was filed in the High Court today on behalf of claimant Bernard...
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Man ordered to pay $500 fine for assaulting minibus conductor
After chiding him for his lawless behaviour, acting Magistrate Alliston Seale fined a Glebe, St George man $500 for assaulting a minibus conductor yesterday. Darron Denico Austin, 21, admitted to...
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Court matter involving Sandiford-Garner delayed
The trial against two men accused of robbing a Government senator of a cellular phone in October 2011, was set to continue in Supreme Court No. 5 this morning before Justice Olson Alleyne. However, a...
View ArticleOkayed!
The Fair Trading Commission announced today it had approved the application from Cable and Wireless, trading as LIME, and Columbus Communications, trading as FLOW, for a merger of their business...
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No love lost
At the beginning of March, they both fought and chopped each other. But today, neighbours Vincent Tony Smith and Curtis Desmond Gilkes were adamant that they no longer wanted to proceed with their...
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Mixed reaction to FTC’s decision
A sad day for Barbados! That’s how one consumer rights group described the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) decision to approve the Cable and Wireless and Columbus Communications Inc. merger...
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From the Auditor General’s Report 5
Auditor General Leigh Trotman A number of special audits were conducted by the Audit Office. These included audits of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Division, Inland Revenue Department, and of staffing in...
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Non-collection one big issue
Continued from: From the Auditor General’s Report 5. In financial year 2013-2014, Government collected tax revenue of $634.4 million from the Inland Revenue Department representing 27 per cent of the...
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