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Brathwaite featured in Special Olympics opening ceremony
Local Special Olympics athlete Leander Brathwaite received special mention at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games last night by sports network ESPN. During the ceremony, which...
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Edwin and Ram rule Bushy Park
The “General” is back in command of the Bushy Park ‘soca bowl’. And ruling right alongside him is the “Yella African”. Before a bumper crowd, estimated by organizers to be in excess of 12,000, Edwin...
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Bailey sisters and their mother held
Two young women, who were the subject of a wanted bulletin issued by police back in May, have been caught and their mother charged. Tiffany Bianca Nakita Bailey, 26, and Shakira Krystal Bailey, 24,...
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Boy shot selling ackees
A 15-year-old pupil who was shot in the leg last Wednesday when a masked man opened fire at a group selling ackees at Belmont Road, has said he was too scared to return to the summertime money-making...
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UPDATE-Wanted sisters found hiding in a wardrobe
A 49-year-old St Michael woman, accused of harbouring two daughters wanted by police, was today remanded to HMP Dodds following a court appearance. Barbara Rosita Bailey, of No. 8 Grazettes Court,...
View ArticleKick ’Em Jenny alert lowered
ST GEORGE’S –– No activity has been recorded at the Kick ’Em Jenny submarine volcano since Saturday and as a result the alert level has been lowered, the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the University...
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Carpenter threatens to cut up wife
After receiving a presentencing report on a 54-year-old carpenter who beat his wife and threatened to cut her up, Magistrate Douglas Frederick acted upon the probation officer’s recommendations and...
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Mother of seven appeals to court for mercy
A young unemployed woman with a number of issues was jailed for a month after she admitted she had stolen money and jewellery from a man’s car over the weekend. Keisha Melissa Clarke, 28, of Arthur...
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Close call
The pilot who crash-landed his Piper 181 single engine aircraft in an field at Ealing Grove, Christ Church yesterday after his engine lost power while on a practice flight, is counting his lucky stars....
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Too late
Government’s promises to introduce a parliamentary resolution pardoning persons associated with the 1937 uprising, and to erect a monument in their honour, is redundant, social activist David...
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English visitor gets to stay for Crop Over
An English visitor, who was ordered to pay costs to the District ‘A’ Traffic Court and then left with immigration officials, will be allowed to remain in Barbados for the time being. An urgent...
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Give me what is mine!
Complainant Kevin Johnson would like to get back his passport, “at least $2 000 and the jeans”. Two weeks ago, Kemar Renaldo Barton broke into Johnson’s home and stole items worth $4,201.70, including...
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Man to pay $1, 800 to stepfather
Antonio Alphonzo Matthews has to pay his stepfather $1 800 for damaging his vehicle last month. The 34-year-old welder of Headley’s Land, Bank Hall, St Michael, was back before Magistrate Douglas...
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Evaluation for husband
After receiving a presentencing report on a 54-year-old carpenter who admitted beating his wife and threatening to cut her up, Magistrate Douglas Frederick accepted the probation officer’s...
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Curfew for engineer
A 22-year-old St Michael man is out on bail but he must be “off the streets of Barbados by 7 p.m”. and must not leave his Barkers Road, Haggatt Hall residence before 6 a.m. When Rachad Rudolf Hoyte...
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Dangerous driving case adjourned
A 73-year-old retiree appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court this afternoon, charged with causing a woman’s death by dangerous driving almost a year ago. Adolf Hyvester Mayers, of...
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Robbery charge for Tiffany Bailey
Police have slapped an additional charge of robbery on Tiffany Nikita Bailey of 8 Grazettes Court, Grazettes, St Michael. Bailey and her sister, Shakira Krystal Bailey, were arrested on Sunday, two...
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Bailey sisters remanded
Tiffany Bailey (left) and sister Shakira. Two sisters for whom police issued a wanted bulletin back in May have been remanded. Tiffany Nikita Bailey, 26, and Shakira Krystal Bailey, 24, both of 8...
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‘My day to celebrate’
Having a drink too many landed Chesterfield Asquith Clarke before the District ‘A’ Traffic Court today. “Sir, it was my birthday [yesterday] so I was enjoying myself and having a go od time. It was my...
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Hobbs admits to having cocaine
A 25-year-old man changed his plea when he reappeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant. Winfield Renaldo Hobbs, of Harmony Hall, St Lawrence, Christ Church...
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