Police probe shooting incident
Lawmen are investigating a shooting incident which occurred in Beckwith Street, The City, early this morning. According to acting Assistant Superintendent David Welch, a 41-year-old man reported that...
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Kellman explains why he’s no longer getting ‘Down To Brass Tacks’
It is a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t, suggests St Lucy MP and Minister of Housing Denis Kellman. The Minister, who is known for his regular interventions on call-in programmes, such...
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Man confesses to hitting another in his head with rock
Michael Charles O’Brian Johnson will be spending the next month at HMP Dodds, after confessing that he hit another man in his head with a rock on Tuesday. Johnson, who resides at Farm Tenantry Road, St...
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Bed stop
Difficult times often occasion desperate measures. Amid the business and industrial activity at Warrens, St. Michael, this bus stop by day has basically been converted into a one-bedroom apartment at...
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Teen accused of stealing ATV
A 17-year-old went before a Bridgetown Court Wednesday on seven charges. Tridan Tarik Rock, of Pounders Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael pleaded guilty to all of the May 15 offences before acting...
View ArticleRussian pathologist says he was not invited
Trinidad-based forensic pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov says he has not been invited to perform the autopsy on the body of 12-year-old Shemar Weekes. However, the Russian-born expert, who has been...
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Offside
Dorian DaCosta Renee Harewood entered the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court with a surety, but after she addressed the court he no longer had one. Harewood, 26, a resident of Crawford Road, Ellerton, St...
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Now is not the time to strike, warns employers
The umbrella trade union for employers in Barbados is cautioning that a major strike in the current economic climate would definitely not be good for the country’s recovery. Executive Director of the...
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NEW WAY
At least two regional governments have expressed an interest in purchasing equity in the cash-strapped LIAT. Word of this from the chairman of the shareholder governments, Vincentian Prime Minister Dr...
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Boiling point
Declaring that industrial relations in Barbados had reached boiling point, a seemingly battle-ready Barbados Workers Union (BWU) today served notice of “one big” strike that could shut down the...
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Solar Plug
The Senate on Wednesday night passed amendments to the Land Tax Act removing a rebate granted to manufacturers and producers of solar energy. Introducing the Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2015, the acting...
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Convicted youth off to Mental
After pleading guilty to seven charges earlier this year, Jereon Revaldo Cumberbatch returned to court today for sentencing. The teen reappeared before Magistrate Graveney Bannister in the District ‘A’...
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Man admits to stealing laptop
By June 19, a man who stole a computer belonging to Combermere School will know his fate. Leron Alexander Wilfred Bennett pleaded guilty to stealing the laptop from Jerry Haynes’ home on April 16....
View ArticlePolice probing robbery at Erdiston
Police are investigating the robbery at gunpoint of three Combermere students late this evening while at Erdiston Teachers College, Erdiston Hill, St Michael. Combermere students have been temporarily...
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Tipping fee stays
Government appears to be sticking to its guns on the controversial $25 tipping fee, despite recent protests by private garbage collectors. While the private haulers and movers have been anticipating a...
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60-year-old charged with harassment
A 60-year-old man appeared in a Bridgetown Court today charged with two counts of harassing a woman in Baxter’s Road, The City. Clyde Stanfield Phillips denied harassing Shana Joseph on either May 8 or...
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BL&P and BWU make progress in layoff talks
The Barbados Light and Power Co. Ltd (BL&P) and the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) have reported progress after four hours of intense deliberations, under the chairmanship of Chief Labour Officer...
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Change on
Acting Comptroller of Customs Annette Weekes will have no role to play in the soon-to-be reconstituted Customs & Excise Department (CED), but neither she nor any of her current subordinates are to...
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Plan needed
“I do not want to see you back in these courts unless you have won some kind of award or have done something outstanding. . . I do not think the police want to see you again either. Neither will the...
View ArticleIN THE RED
The financial position of the Central Bank of Barbados worsened last year. The state financial institution posted a loss of $7.3 million, up from $3.7 million in 2013 as it focused on restoring...
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