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Accused man shot himself in the foot
A presentencing report has been ordered on a man who pleaded guilty to a robbery and a firearm offence before Justice Jacqueline Cornelius in the No. 5 Supreme Court on Thursday. That man was Jamal...
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Lauriston goes on trial for shooting at cops
The trial of a man accused of shooting at three policemen began in the No. 5 Supreme Court today before Justice Jacqueline Cornelius. Steve Lauriston of Crick Hill, St James is facing three counts of...
View ArticleFight for your rights, disabled told
Executive Director of the Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA), Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland has issued a call to activism within the disabled community, as a group of 20 disabled women begin a...
View ArticleInvestigations continue into Cave Hill students’ security concerns
Police say they are continuing investigations into reports of two incidents involving female students of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, as they seek to clarify media reports...
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New constituency council members sworn in
Just in time for the 49th independence celebrations, 120 constituency council members from 12 constituencies across the island were sworn in for a two-year term today. Minister of Social Care,...
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NOW promotes anti-violence messages
Barbados’ National Organisation for Women (NOW) took its campaign against violence against women to the streets yesterday with a motorcade through the parishes of St Michael and St James as part of...
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Sutherland is new Shadow Minister of Health
St George South MP, Dwight Sutherland, has been assigned the shadow Health portfolio, one week after the former holder, Christ Church West MP Dr Maria Agard, was booted from the Barbados Labour Party....
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Barbados welcomes Chinese naval hospital
Close to 100 Barbadians will have an opportunity over the next few days to receive medical assistance from the visiting Chinese naval hospital, Ark Peace. The November 26 to December 3 visit is part of...
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Wilson awarded second highest honour
An octogenarian has received Barbados’ second highest honour in this year’s Independence Day Awards. Cynthia Valmai Wilson was awarded the Companion of Honour – given for distinguished national...
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Three Independence babies welcomed
Lorna Jennings holding her daughter Romona Diana Hall, while a nurse looks on As Barbados celebrates its 49th year of Independence, three mothers have additional reasons to celebrate as they now have...
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Orange Hill Carnival on the way
Just about 150 revellers turned out today for the second annual Orange Hill Carnival. The Independence Day jump which is expected to be a day of fun and frolic, was scheduled to leave the Orange Hill...
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Forde steals show at Independence parade
Mildred Forde created quite a stir in her Independence oufit Not even early morning showers and overcast skies could dampen the spirits of the hundreds of patriotic Barbadians who turned up at the...
View ArticleShooting death mars St Philip Carnival
One man is dead following an altercation at Ruby Main Road during the St Philip Carnival. The incident occurred around 5p.m. Police say the shooting victim Dwayne Burgess, who is in his 30s, died at...
View ArticleWoman stabbed during Orange Hill Carnival
Police are investigating a stabbing incident, which occurred during today’s Carnival at Orange Hill, St James. The victim, a female, was taken to hospital for treatment. Another female was taken into...
View ArticleTwo St Philip men shot dead
Police are investigating the deaths of two St Philip men which occurred yesterday. Both Shane Nurse, 34, of Ruby Tenantry and Dwayne Burgess of Marley Vale, died as a result of gunshot wounds....
View ArticleUnnatural death in The Belle
Police are on the scene of an unnatural death in The Belle, St Michael. A man was found hanging at Muddy Boots Gardening Supplies by workers around 8 30 a.m. More details to follow.
View ArticleZRs integrate
Commuters travelling to and from Edey Village, Christ Church and Sturges, St Thomas can now access scheduled services on ZRs or minibuses from the Transport Board’s Fairchild Street and Princess Alice...
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Bird flu threat
Poultry farmers have been warned of a real threat of bird flu entering the region from the United States, placing their livelihoods and Caribbean economies in danger. In what has been described as the...
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No show
Business in High Court No. 2 did not get off the ground this morning because there was no prosecutor. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Donna Babb-Agard, QC, who was prosecuting in that court, was...
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Landscaper caught holding fake notes
After hearing a bail application by the attorney for a man accused of having two forged $50 notes, Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant denied him bail. John Nathaniel Bancroft, of Odessa McClean Road, My...
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