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BLP candidate vows to take on ‘lawless’ leaders
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate for Christ Church East Wilfred Abrahams has blamed lawlessness among the country’s leadership for the growing deviant behaviour here. Abrahams, who...
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Cop admits to having sex with minors
A policeman yesterday admitted to three counts of committing serious indecency against two school girls in 2011. Suspended cop Ricardo Devere Millington, 43, of Breezy Hill, Halton Terrace, St Philip,...
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Teenager gets stern warning
A teenager was warned yesterday that if reports reaching Magistrate Christopher Birch that he breached his community service order were found to be true, he could be facing a three-month jail sentence....
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Beckles caught growing ganja in a bucket
Shaquille Omar Beckles, a Christ Church teenager, was given four months to come up with $2,500 to pay a fine for cultivating a marijuana plant at his home. The alternative which Magistrate Christopher...
View ArticleLIAT buyout?
Puerto Rico-based Seaborne Airlines, which operates in over 10 regional countries, is reportedly looking to set up a new base in Barbados, amid reports that it has also made a firm offer to acquire...
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DLP split
Mixed emotions are flowing through the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) camp over the possible move to install former Barbados Labour Party Leader and ex-Prime Minister Owen Arthur as the DLP Government’s...
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BLP rift embarrassing, says stalwart
As the public standoff within the Opposition Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) Christ Church West branch appears to be worsening, some executives of the branch are calling for the current BLP...
View ArticleTax promise
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler today promised that some of the temporary tax measures introduced in the Government’s 19-month economic stabilization programme would be removed...
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PM: Why not Speightstown?
Local businessman Rawle Brancker has not come to bury Speightstown, but to praise it. And he has sent a clear message to those who claim that the northern town is “either dead or dying” that...
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Sinckler defends Central Bank
The Central Bank of Barbados got it wrong when it predicted a one per cent growth for this year, but revised economic figures are nothing new, Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has suggested. Sinckler...
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‘My daughter’s alive’
The father of a St James teenager who has been missing now for almost a month, does not believe she is dead. Emela John has been missing now for almost a month. William John believes his 18-year-old...
View ArticleFull story on deaths not yet told
Nearly six months after the death of 12-year-old Shemar Weekes of Fryers Well, Checker Hall, St Lucy, and four months since six-year-old Jahan King perished under mysterious circumstances, the island’s...
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Teens ordered to repay after gas-pump scam
Two teenagers who confessed to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court in August that they were involved in a gas-pump scam, were each ordered to repay the exact amount which they stole and to perform 240...
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400 charged with traffic offences
It was a massive “call day” at the District ‘F’ Magistrates’ Court today when about 400 persons charged for various traffic offences appeared before Magistrate Ian Weekes. It was a good day for the...
View ArticleFLOW seeking to address service issues
The top executive of telecommunications company Cable & Wireless Communications, which trades here as FLOW, is assuring Barbados that the company is working to correct all the service issues they...
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Smith family says ‘thank you’
The family of murdered St Philip resident Marcelle Smith has been thanking the police and the public for their work in locating their missing mother. Earlier this week police reported that a post...
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Clean-up at Carlisle Bay
Carlisle Bay received a spruce up today compliments the Coastal Zone Management Unit. Secondary school students and several volunteer groups assisted in the clean-up, which was done both on land and in...
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Highway accident
Police and ambulance services are on the scene of an accident which occurred a short while ago on the stretch of the ABC highway between Jackson and Hothershal Turning roundabout. One of the women...
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New and improved Hennessy Artistry
Promoters of the Hennessy Artistry Show are promising to give Barbadians the most attractive show yet, including some new features and a headline act that has been in demand for a number of years. “We...
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Red Cross appeal raises $129,500 for Dominica
The Red Cross appeal for Dominica has raised $129,500, just over two months after Tropical Storm Erika wreaked havoc on the island. A statement from the Barbados Red Cross says the money is combined...
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