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Three telecoms firms in Internet Exchange
Three local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Barbados Internet Exchange (BARIX). Representatives of Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited,...
View ArticleS&P okays CDB’s AA/A-1+
Leading rating agency Standard & Poor’s has affirmed the Caribbean Development Bank’s “AA/A-1+” credit ratings, as well as its financial outlook as stable. “We are affirming our ‘AA/A-1+’ long- and...
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Visitor told to return, but don’t drive
An American visitor pleaded guilty to four traffic offences when he went before acting Magistrate Alliston Seale yesterday. Michael Leo Gittens, who is staying at Melbourne Apartments, Black Rock, St...
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Rubbish victory!
The Municipal Solid Waste Tax is about to be repealed, and the Opposition Barbados Labour Party is claiming victory. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler made the announcement but did not say exactly...
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Pilgrim weighs in on ‘Lord Evil’ bail issue
Prominent criminal lawyer Andrew Pilgrim Q.C. says from the time it became possible, lawyers have always been applying for bail for clients accused of murder. Giving his take on recent outcry over the...
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Two electricians freed of charges
Two electricians had a matter against them dismissed by acting Magistrate Alliston Seale yesterday. Davian Jamal Goodman, 29, of Boyce Road, Free Hill, Black Rock, St Michael and Jamar Andero Hinkson,...
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Post-mortem halted
A post-mortem examination of the body of Shamar Weekes of Fryers Well, Checker Hall, St Lucy was brought to a temporary halt at the mortuary of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) today. Weekes, 12, a...
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Camouflage case
Shamar Winston Hallam Proverbs confessed to a Bridgetown court that he was wearing camouflage clothing over the weekend. Proverbs, of Barracks Road, Bank Hall, St Michael went before acting Magistrate...
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Bull’s eye!
Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith today found himself on the other side of the law and blamed it on bungling in the handling of court documents. Griffith appeared before Justice William...
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NO MORE, CHRIS!
With Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler due to present the National Budget in less than a month’s time, a Government Minister is making it clear where he stands on the whole issue of increased taxes....
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$250 fine for stealing bottle of rum
When Sai Yearwood went into Carlton Supermarket two months ago, security personnel kept him under surveillance. They saw when he went to the liquor section and selected a bottle of rum. They also saw...
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School heads hear of new friction solver
Restorative practices can assist significantly in reducing friction in the island’s secondary school system, says Canada’s High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Richard Hanley. Hanley...
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Man jailed for stealing disinfectant
Two months ago, Keith Fitzgerald Henderson Batson, 44, of no fixed place of abode, admitted harassing a woman and using threatening words to her. Those were “I hate you. I am going to chop you up. When...
View ArticleBill passed
The Senate this evening passed an amendment to the Customs Act authorizing the Comptroller of Customs to make post-clearance audits. The amendment empowers the Comptroller or any person authorized by...
View ArticleCustoms go slow affects thousands
Well over 3,000 cruise visitors were inconvenienced today due to a go slow by Customs guards at the Bridgetown Port. For much of the morning, there was chaos at the main gate of the Port as taxi and...
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Post mortem delayed again
The post mortem, which was scheduled to take place on the body of 12-year-old Shemar Weekes, has been delayed once again. Shemar Weekes This time on account of a no-show by the Russian-born forensic...
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‘Owlie’ victim still in pain
Ricky Roland “Owlie” Alkins returned to the No. 2 Supreme Court today for his pre-sentencing report to be read. The businessman was found guilty earlier this year of intentionally causing serious...
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IN SESSION
The reconstituted Employment Rights Tribunal started hearing its first case this afternoon in the auditorium of the Warrens Office Complex of the Labour Department. However, the much-publicized and...
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Shattered!
EDITOR’S NOTE: The correct spelling of Shemar’s name was given by his sister. The last time 18-year-old Keandra Weekes saw her little brother Shemar in person was in June 2012. That’s when she last...
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‘He ain’t no man’
After spending a few months on remand, a teenager was released on $7 000 bail today, by acting Magistrate Alliston Seale. Zekie Ezekial Williams, of Mason Hall Street, St Michael denied assaulting...
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