Police probe unnatural death
Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death of Evans Lloyd Downes. Downes, 74, complained of not feeling well while participating in one of the swim meets at the just concluded...
View ArticleBWA payday coming
The 830 employees of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) are expected to begin receiving the over $30 million in increments by the end of next month. However, their representative, the Barbados Workers...
View ArticleParris limbo
A High Court judge is expected to reserve judgment in a case in which embattled former CLICO Executive Chairman Leroy Parris is seeking to hold onto $3.3 million paid to him by the insurance company....
View ArticleDecision day in Christ Church West
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) will decide this week on who will carry its flag in Christ Church West in the next general election. The party’s Christ Church West branch meets on Thursday,...
View ArticleSinckler and Estwick should go – Prescod
Government should accept responsibility for the “absolute bungling” of the water crisis facing the country and the problems at the Barbados Water Authority (BWA), the Opposition Barbados Labour Party...
View ArticleBRA twist
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is warning that workers seconded to the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) will not exercise their option to join that agency until they are assured that they...
View ArticleToo many missing girls – Jones
Minister of Education Ronald Jones is calling for the establishment of a ministerial committee to explore ways to prevent the “exploitation of innocence and ignorance” of underage girls. Expressing...
View ArticleCombermere report due by next week
Minister of Education Ronald Jones expects a report early next week on the air quality at Combermere School. Speaking to the media this morning following the opening of a workshop at Erdiston Teachers...
View ArticleWrong road
Get it right for locals first! That’s the response from former chairman of the state-run Transport Board Ian Gooding-Edghill to Government’s plan to offer a chartered bus services to tourists. During...
View ArticleBarbados in line for greater financial scrutiny
As concerns abound about money laundering and international financing of terrorism, Barbados is due to come in for greater international scrutiny later this year. The island will be among the first...
View ArticleWeekend festival of challenges
The Oistins Fish Festival (OFF) again proved this year to be a major crowd puller for locals and visitors over the long Easter weekend because of its entertainment value. However, the festival,...
View ArticleRed alert
Classes at three Government-run secondary schools could be further disrupted at the beginning of next term if officials of the Ministry of Education fail to meet with the Barbados Secondary Teachers...
View ArticleNicholls questions prisoner release proposal
Government has been asked to shed some light on the proposal to free close to 200 prisoners by Independence Day. Attorney-at-law Gregory Nicholls has conceded that it was possible that the 184 inmates...
View ArticleDaylight robbery in Black Rock
Police are on the hunt for a suspect who entered a St Michael woman’s house yesterday morning and stole a bag, which was later recovered. The woman, a seamstress who operates from her Yearwood Road,...
View ArticleBeware of ‘brownies’, police warn
Drug pushers appear to have found a clever way to openly peddle narcotics in a “growing trend” that has caused unease among the police. As a result, the Royal Barbados Police Force has put school...
View ArticleEight gone
Details are beginning to emerge of the stunning impact on the financial services sector of the de-risking strategy being employed by global banks. A leading international tax negotiator today revealed...
View ArticleRedman stands by her man
President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union (BSTU) Mary Redman has offered a strong defence of Combermere School Senior Teacher Reverend Charles Morris, who has been charged with breaching...
View ArticleUWI can now test in Chinese
The one-year-old Confucius Institute (CI) at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has been approved as a Caribbean HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) testing centre for Chinese...
View ArticleBrathwaite pledges to eradicate domestic violence
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite has promised to do all in his power to eliminate domestic violence on the island. Addressing the closing ceremony of a three-week Citizens Domestic Violence workshop...
View ArticleCanadians on drug charges
Three Canadian women and a teenager are expected to appear in court today on drug charges. They are Paige Amber Clark,20, Emma Jacqueline Young, 17, Natalie Linton, 24, and Charlette Blackman, 35. The...
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