Alexandra welcomes sixth form
It may seem like a far-fetched idea to some, but Minister of Education Ronald Jones would like to see a sixth form in all of the country’s secondary schools. And while he has admitted it was a process...
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Forde sent to Dodds pending extradition to UK
Former United Kingdom-based nurse, Jason Forde, is behind bars tonight after being committed to HMP Dodds pending extradition to the UK to answer a number of sex-related charges. Magistrate Graveney...
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Change of heart
Five weeks into his trial and three attorneys later, Dwayne Marlon Alexion Drakes changed his plea to guilty. The Kew Land, Redman’s Village, St Thomas resident had previously denied having an...
View ArticleJamaican national charged with drugs
Jamaican national Albenda Chrisal Aldeen Dwyer has been arrested and charged with a number of drug offences. According to police spokesman David Welch, Dwyer arrived on the island by air from Jamaica...
View ArticlePM’S CALL
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart’s today issued a clear signal to the international community that Barbados and its fellow Caribbean states are open for business. Addressing a Commonwealth Business...
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BAMP issues warning in response to BRA policy
There is a warning today from the medical fraternity that continuing patient care in Barbados could be in jeopardy, with doctors scheduled to meet in emergency session next Tuesday at 5 p.m. to...
View ArticleStay focused
Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss today called on his party colleagues to stay focused. He was speaking to Barbados TODAY against...
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Jobs linked to growth
Barbados is facing a major challenge returning to a path of economic growth, a leading economist has observed. The Pro-Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development at the University of the West Indies...
View ArticleNot so fast, Mr President
A Government minister today chastised the leadership of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) for raising objections to the new Shops Act 2015 whilst, at the same time, acknowledging ignorance of...
View ArticleMake right choices, sergeant tells students
The choices you make today could determine your future, This was the word of caution delivered by Station Sergeant Roland Cobbler to the student body of the Grantley Prescod School today. As the school...
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‘Unsung Hero’
Attorney-at-law David Comissiong made a sterling mitigation this morning on behalf of a man who admitted having a spliff some time ago. In addressing the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court, the lawyer said...
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‘You should be in school’
It was probably his small stature and childlike features that prompted Magistrate Douglas Frederick to ask him his age and what he was doing inside a dock. Frederick was at the time speaking to Giovani...
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Jamaican woman remanded
Jamaican national Albenda Chrisal Aldeen Dwyer has been arrested and charged with a number of drug offences. According to police spokesman David Welch, Dwyer arrived on the island by air from Jamaica...
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Guyanese teen on assault charge
Guyanese teenager was remanded to HMP Dodds after appearing in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court earlier today. He is Darius Alan Ramsammy, 18, of Belleview Gap, Waterford, St Michael. He pleaded not...
View ArticleRocky road
The Barbados Worker’s Union (BWU) has issued a strong warning that the local cement industry is going down the wrong road. And it has taken issue with both the Trinidadian-owned Arawak Cement Company...
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CCJ rejects application by convicted murderers
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in a ruling today, ordered that the case of Vincent Edwards and Richard Haynes be sent back to the Barbados Court of Appeal. Adrian Saunders Adrian Saunders...
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Final salute
Scores of relatives, friends, and law enforcement officers packed the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Two Mile Hill, St Michael, today to celebrate the life of the late Acting Assistant Commissioner...
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Tell us why?
A grieving Tanya Smith, daughter of 75-year-old murder victim Marcelle Smith, is asking authorities why the man accused of killing her mother was allowed to be out on the streets even though he was...
View ArticleScotland wins
Former Attorney General of the United Kingdom, Dominica- born Baroness Patricia Scotland, made history today when she became the first woman to be elected as head of one of the most influential...
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Love triangle
It was a story of love, betrayal, deception and a child born out of wedlock. Although it sounds like a script from a Hollywood movie, it refers to the facts of a case, which ended up before the law...
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