Digicel throwing support behind Special Olympics team
Digicel’s Corporate Communications Director Tanya Menzies-Beckford (right) presents Special Olympics track and field athlete Rosie Murray with a generous contribution for Special Olympics Barbados....
View ArticleTwo sisters wanted by police
The Royal Barbados Police Force are on the lookout for two sisters, who are wanted in connection with a serious criminal matter. Sharika Bailey Tiffany Bailey Wanted is Tiffany Bianca Nakita...
View ArticleUPDATE – Jamaican remanded to Dodds
Jamaican Danielle Cole who appeared at the District ‘A’ Magistrates court today was not required to plea. The 22 year-old, who was nabbed with four pounds of cannabis at the Grantley Adams...
View ArticlePolice on the hunt for four
Two siblings are among four people wanted for questioning by police in connection with an on-going investigation. Wanted is Akmal Terrill Haynes, 30, of Spruce Street, St. Michael. He is 5’ 8″ in...
View Article2015 CPL could be best yet, says Haynes
Barbados Tridents mentor, Desmond Haynes celebrating with Jonathan Carter after the Barbados Tridents captured the 2014 Limacol CPL title. West Indies legend and Barbados Tridents ambassador, Desmond...
View ArticleWaste haulers not backing down
Some of the members of the Waste Haulers and Waste Movers groups of Barbados during today’s press conference. The waste haulers and waste movers are not backing down until they are granted a meeting...
View ArticleMissing man traced
Javan Burton has been found and is now back home safe and sound. A man who had been missing for 12 days has been found Javan Devere Burton, 21, of Cane Garden Park, St. Thomas, who went missing on May...
View ArticleJunior Monarch 8-12 semifinalists named
Reigning 8-12 Junior Monarch king, Raanan Hackett. The annual Junior Monarch competition got underway last night with the preliminaries being held at the Queens Park Steel Shed. It was the time for the...
View ArticleThe nation failed Shamar, says AG
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, has said that the apparent suicide of 12-year-old Shamar Weekes, in St Lucy, last week reflects a failure of Barbados’ society....
View ArticleZR overturns in Proute
Several passengers were reportedly injured tonight when the ZR they were travelling in overturned at Proute, St Thomas. At this hour four ambulances are on the scene, along with police and fire service...
View ArticleGas, diesel and LPG prices go up
Effective midnight, Barbadians will have to dig a bit deeper into their pockets to pay for gas and several other petroleum products. A statement from the Division of Energy tonight announced that the...
View ArticleUPDATE-13 hurt as ZR overturns in St Thomas
Six people – including a woman who was said to be in critical condition – were rushed to hospital last night, after the ZR they were travelling in overturned in St Thomas, leaving a total of 13...
View ArticleFire destroys home at Arthur Seat
Fire has destroyed a home and an adjoining shop at Arthur Seat, St Thomas. The home of Lorna Sealy and her daughter Wendy, as well as their business operation, went up in smoke some time after seven...
View ArticleCop held
It’s back to prison for Constable Everton Gittens until August 11. The police officer is charged with the March 15 murder at Dash Road, St Michael of Selwyn Knight. Gittens is also accused of causing...
View ArticleElderly man trapped following Hopewell collision
Fire officers were this evening using the “jaws of life” to remove an elderly man who was trapped in his Suzuki van following a collision with a wrecker truck at corner of Hopewell Development, St...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to having rusty cutlass
Police went to Marhill Street twice on May 16 after they got calls from people in the area that a man had a cutlass. On the first occasion, they found nothing. But the second time, they found a rusty...
View ArticleTough love
Following the death of her son last Thursday, as a result of very tragic and questionable circumstances, a St Lucy mother is now seeking to clear her name of any wrongdoing. “I love my children. I...
View ArticleSlinger accomplice appeals for bail
When Don Winfield Harper returned to court today, he applied to acting Magistrate Alliston Seale for bail. The Richmond Gap, St Michael resident was charged, along with journalist Timothy McDonald...
View Article$1M TAG?
The University of the West Indies has rubbished questions raised by outspoken Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss who today challenged authorities at the regional educational institution...
View ArticleNo surety for rape accused
An accused man has until Thursday to find another surety after his current one withdrew today. Ryan Trevor Oneal Belgrave, who is facing two charges before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court, returned...
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