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Former CLICO chairman still waiting on court
There have been two court appearances, but still no date set for hearing Leroy Parris’ latest case. The former CLICO chairman turned up at court this morning with his attorney Hal Gollop, QC, but they...
View ArticleGun licence case adjourned again
The High Court this afternoon gave the green light for legal representation in a class action suit brought against Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith by a group from the sport shooting...
View ArticleElderly woman robbed
Police are continuing investigations into the robbery of a woman in her early sixties at her Christ Church home on Sunday. The senior reported that the man sprayed a substance in her face and stole an...
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Airline boss fails to find sureties
Chief executive officer of Phoenix Airways Neville Chester Gumbs has been remanded to Dodds Prison for a further 28 days after remaining hard-pressed to find any sureties. The 27-year-old Anguillan,...
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No significant outcomes expected from Obama visit
Two leading political commentators are not expecting any significant outcomes to emerge from tomorrow’s talks between United States President Barack Obama and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders in...
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Labourer admits to robberies and burglaries
Maurice Owen Myron Whitfield pleaded guilty to six counts of robbery and aggravated burglary when he went before Justice Olson Alleyne in the No. 5 Supreme Court, but he will have to wait until later...
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Waiting game
The Royal Barbados Police Force has put former CLICO chairman Leroy Parris and president Terrence Thornhill on notice that it intends to pursue criminal charges against them, once a long-delayed High...
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Drug appeal
A Vincentian who was on a boat which brought over 700 pounds of cannabis into Barbados in 2006, has gone to the Court of Appeal seeking a reduced prison sentence. Munroe Fitzpatrick Haywood, 33, from...
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CUT IT OUT!
Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss is promising local manufacturers he will be doing all in his power to save their businesses from a crippling 70 per cent duty imposed by some Eastern...
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Poultry producers want investigation into imports
President of the Barbados Egg and Poultry Producers Association Carlyle Brathwaite has called on Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick to look into the importation of breaded and marinated poultry...
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Minister says country 49 years late in going republic
As far as senior Government minister Donville Inniss is concerned, Barbados is 49 years late becoming a republic and anyone who thinks the country should wait any longer is “innately lazy...
View ArticleRecycling to start at Development Centre
A new recycling project is about to be launched at the Albert Cecil Graham Development Centre. The Help Our People Earn (H.O.P.E), project is the brainchild of final year undergraduate social work...
View ArticleCultural practitioners show interest in new concessions
More than 100 people have signed up to benefit from incentives and concessions under the Cultural Industries Development Act since the National Registry of Artistes and Cultural Workers was launched...
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Bajans keen on EU study programme
Barbadian students were given a first-hand look at what Europe has to offer in education. Officials from the European Union (EU) today held an information session on the Erasmus+ Scholarship programme...
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Man admits to more than 20 offences
A man who confessed to more than 20 offences, including burglary, before Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale this afternoon was further remanded pending a presentencing report. “I need to find out what...
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No silver bullet
Even though two states in his country have gone the route of legalizing marijuana, United States President Barack Obama today advised Caribbean countries that was not a silver bullet for solving...
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Hoyte fails to appear before appeal Court
Anderson Antonio Hoyte was supposed to argue before the Court of Appeal today, against a 12-month sentence which he was given by former magistrate Deborah Holder last year. However, the appellant did...
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BAMC boss calls for routine patrols of sugarcane fields
The general manager of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) today called for routine police and army joint patrols of sugar cane fields against the backdrop of a large number of cane...
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Duo released
Two men who were remanded in February were each granted $15,000 bail today when they reappeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. However, they were given strict instructions by Acting Magistrate...
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Closer look
United States President Barack Obama has warned Barbados and other Caribbean countries to check for any strings attached to aid and investment coming from foreign countries, including his, which he...
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