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High risk!
Derrick Ward was sentenced to five more years in jail after confessing that he robbed a man and shot him in his leg at his home on July 10, 2010. He returned before Justice Randall Worrell for...
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WAY OFF
The President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union (BSTU), Mary Redman, has responded to comments made by the former registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr Didicus Jules, who...
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Customs officers meet with their union on BRA move
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is hoping to meet again next week with officials of the Ministry of Finance to discuss outstanding matters related to the proposed transition of Customs...
View ArticleOn the mend
Barbadian business confidence is showing some signs of improvement but, overall, it remains on the negative side, reflected in an expectation by several companies, for example, that they will have to...
View ArticleJamaican nabbed with drugs at airport
A Jamaican woman will appear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates court today to answer four drug charges. Gloria Simpson-Harri, 63, has been charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent to...
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Serious accident at Welches
Fire officials last night used the Jaws of Life to free two people from a motor car after it collided with a Suzuki Vitara at Welches, St Michael. The injured were taken to hospital by ambulance...
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Man wanted by police
Kenneth Marlon Hartley is considered to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached by the public. The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a man...
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Guyanese flock to the polls
Generally smooth voting was reported today as Guyanese went to the polls to choose a new government. However, the casting of ballots was temporarily halted at one polling station in the capital...
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Scrap it!
Waste movers and haulers are calling on Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to come to their immediate rescue, following the recent introduction of a $25 garbage disposal fee at the Barbados Sustainable...
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Mother and daughter stabbed
The brother of the two victims was at home at the time of the incident. A mother and her daughter are now nursing stab wounds to their bodies following a midday attack, which occurred at their Valerie,...
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Car overturns at Bank Hall
A St Michael man escaped serious injury after the car he was driving overturned along Bank Hall, Main Road, St Michael yesterday morning. While details of the accident are still sketchy, Barbados TODAY...
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Woman apologizes for behaviour on Bush Hill
After using obscene language at Bush Hill, St Michael early this morning, a 25-year-old mother was convicted, reprimanded and discharged when she appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick today....
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Gold bangle lands man before the court
Johnathan Ricardo Joshua Layne, of Grazettes New Road, St Michael, went before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today charged with an indictable offence. Layne was not required to plead to making a...
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DISTURBING!
The president of the Barbados National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (BNCPTA), Shone Gibbs, has reacted to a video, which has gone viral showing two female St George Secondary School students...
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Employers comment on work stoppages
Given the pressing need to improve productivity on the island, the Barbados Employers Confederation (BEC) says strikes are always a concern when they occur. However, Executive Director Tony Walcott...
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Dump it!
An unsightly pile up of coconut shells along the busy Warrens, St Michael section of the main ABC highway, as well as the unusual sighting of over two dozen garbage trucks, neatly parked up just...
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Nation trial
Two police officers testified when the case against three employees of the Nation newspaper continued today before Acting Magistrate Alliston Seale. Vivian-Anne Lenora Gittens, 63, a publisher of #11...
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Drowning victim identified
Police examining the body of Roger Rudder after he was pulled from Browne’s Beach. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death of 47-year-old Roger Rudder, of Brighton,...
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Haulers protest halted by police
Some of the waste haulers making their way along Station Hill earlier today Angry waste haulers and truckers encountered a major roadblock today as they tried to intensify their protest over the...
View ArticleBudget coming in June
Government today revealed that the highly-anticipated 2015-2016 Budget will be delivered in Parliament on Monday, June 15. Leader of the House John Boyce made the announcement at the end of today’s...
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