Blame it on the drinks
Sean Pierre Griffith believes it might have been consumption of alcohol which made him “come across as intimidating” last December 22, when he demanded US$10 of Tobias Smith. Griffith, of Erdiston...
View ArticleDeceased fisherman died from a broken neck
A fish cleaner is currently on trial for unlawfully killing Hazel Hinds on July 13, 2006, within the territorial waters of Barbados. Accused Martin Junior Husbands, 49, has pleaded not guilty before...
View ArticleHouse goes up in flames
A two-bedroom wooden house was destroyed by fire in St Michael this afternoon. The house belonged to a D. Stuart, who is deceased, but according to officials it was illegally occupied. Police spokesman...
View ArticlePSV driver off to jail for two weeks
More than 30 persons who were given community service recently returned before the District ‘A’ Traffic Court today before Magistrate Graveney Banister, where he was given progress or final reports on...
View ArticleMinistry warns teachers they could be disciplined
Teachers who refuse to mark School Based Assessments (SBAs) could face disciplinary action, the Ministry of Education today warned. In a strong statement, the Ministry said “failure on the part of the...
View ArticleToo high a price
Teachers at the Parkinson Memorial Secondary School will not be taking part in any boycott of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) over pay. Principal Jeff Broomes said he met with his teachers...
View ArticleIT’S WRONG!
There are “sexual predators”, both male and female, within the island’s school system, Minister of Education Ronald Jones said today, as he issued a stern warning that the authorities intended to come...
View ArticleGun challenge
The Crown has signaled its intention to fight a lawsuit brought by at least one litigant against the Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith over a new policy on gun licences for sport shooters....
View ArticleTelecoms minister satisfied with FTC decision
With the merger of telecommunications companies LIME and FLOW, one Government official says he is looking forward to robust competition within the domestic sector. Minister in the Office of the Prime...
View ArticleFormer head of Miami office knocks Auditor General’s report
The man who was responsible for the Miami-based Liaison Office, which administers a hotel attachment programme for Barbadians in the United States, is defending the operations there. Last week,...
View ArticleNot budging
The President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union (BSTU) Mary-Ann Redman today called on members to “stand firm” on their pay demand, while reporting that there was strong support for the BSTU’s...
View ArticleWANTED: Police seeking two St Michael men
Two St Michael men considered armed and dangerous have been added to the police wanted list. Police say they are trying to locate is 32-year-old Pearson Omar Jerome Jordan, alias “Tall Man” and Ricardo...
View ArticleEmpowerment Card for disabled
“While we are here this evening celebrating the Empowerment Card, do not look at my cane, my wheelchair, my hearing aid, my speech challenge. Do not listen to any of those things! Listen to the power...
View ArticleUnemployed man fined for cannabis cultivation
A mother was told today to “be more vigilant” and “watch what people growing in your backyard.” That was after her son Tero Diego Archer pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and cultivating one...
View ArticleMcDowall new NUPW president
Thirty-four-year-old Akanni McDowall is the new president of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW). In an election process that utilized voting machines for the first time, the acting health...
View ArticleHome invasion
It was like a scene from a movie. That is how a young man described a traumatic ordeal on Monday morning when his family’s secluded Christ Church home was invaded by armed men and an elderly relative...
View ArticleLawyer mum on subject of Nigerians’ lawsuit
Eight Nigerian students who have defied an order from their government to return home are pressing forward with a lawsuit in the High Court, but their lawyer is not saying exactly who is being sued....
View ArticleBAD MOVE
A major investor in the failed Barbados-based airline REDjet has come out strongly against the idea of any new local private sector-led airline, saying such a venture would be “madness”. But prominent...
View ArticleEvidence on hold in Senator’s case
For the second consecutive day, no evidence was led in the trial of two young men accused of robbing Government Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner of a cellular phone in October 2011. Legal arguments were...
View ArticleNot fair
Lawyers for former CLICO chairman Leroy Parris have filed a constitutional motion to get the High Court to unfreeze his assets, arguing that the delay in hearing a previous application to set aside the...
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