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Five injured in three-vehicle smash-up
Police are on the scene of a three-vehicle smash-up in front of Chefette Wildey, St Michael. The accident, which occurred just after 7 p.m., involved a truck and two Toyota motor cars. Five persons,...
View ArticleExpelled!
Christ Church West MP Dr Maria Agard has been expelled from the Opposition Barbados Labour Party. Opposition Leader Mia Mottley just made the announcement during a press briefing at the party’s Roebuck...
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Mia thanks Maria for her service
Mia Mottley addressing tonight’s press conference at BLP headquarters. Opposition Leader Mia Mottley says tonight’s decision of the Barbados Labour Party’s National Council to expel Christ Church West...
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Absolutely callous!
Shocking and absolutely callous! That’s how Dr Maria Agard’s lead attorney Hal Gollop, QC, tonight described the decision of the Mia Mottley-led National Council to expel his client from the Opposition...
View ArticleIndividuals asked to contact court
Police have asked the following individuals to contact the Holetown Magistrates Court as soon as possible: Chad Whittington of Upper Dukes Alley, Bridgetown or Airy Hill, St. Thomas; and Atteriea...
View ArticlePolice seek help in identifying property
Police are requesting the assistance of the public, especially the residents in the Husbands Heights, St. James and surrounding districts, to identify three pieces of property. Lawmen say the following...
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Up in smoke
Fortunately, no one was injured tonight when this taxi burst into flames at the junction of Collymore Rock and Culloden Road around 7:45 p.m. The lucky driver managed to exit the vehicle just before it...
View ArticleCastle of hope
The long-awaited redevelopment of historic Sam Lord’s Castle in St Philip is expected to generate more than 3,000 new jobs when the multi-million dollar state-of-the-art hotel is completed in three...
View ArticleNot adding up
The Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Eudine Barriteau, has described the performance of students in Mathematics in recent years as disturbing....
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All is not lost
The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Senator Harcourt Husbands, says despite poor student performance in Mathematics and Science subjects in Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)...
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Corbin arrested for stealing AC units
His vehicle was parked at the back of a Pine Road, St Michael building, the keys were in the ignition and anyone would have believed Clyde Neville Corbin was there on legitimate business. Today, the...
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Saved by Abrahams
Two middle-aged men appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court this morning, charged with stealing items from Massy Stores over the past few days. Noel MacDonald Carter, 62, of Lot 2 Forde’s...
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Prison bus breaks down
The District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Courts were forced to wait on prisoners this morning, after the bus in which they were travelling broke down at the nearby Supreme Court Complex on Whitepark Road, The...
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Wanted man
Police are on the hunt for Romeo Dwight Yarde, 45 years, in connection with serious criminal matters. Yarde was last known to reside at #4 Opel Drive, Rock Dundo, St James and #88 Bagatelle Gardens, St...
View ArticleSchoolboy stabbed
A 15-year-old boy is nursing a stab wound to the back after he was injured by a fellow schoolmate today. The incident occurred on a school bus that was heading towards St Andrew around 3 10 p. m. The...
View ArticleWell done!
Westbury Primary school came out victorious in the St Michael Battle of the West Primary School Quiz finals today at the St Leonard’s Boys School. They managed to beat out second-placed Deacons Primary...
View ArticleBeheaded
The Barbadian head of a regional women’s group has sent an emphatic message to the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) that women here won’t take Dr Maria Agard’s expulsion lightly. Speaking to the media this...
View Article22 per cent VAT
Government is going ahead with its plan to impose a new tax on cell phone use, but via a different route. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has proposed a 4.5 per cent rise in the Value Added Tax...
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Ignore Arthur, says Wickham
Pollster Peter Wickham is not losing any sleep over accusations levelled against him by former Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Asked today to comment specifically on a charge by the former Barbados Labour...
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Empty houses
A study conducted by four University of the West Indies (UWI) consultants has identified an astonishingly large number of unoccupied, state-owned housing units as an issue which needs to be addressed...
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