Today’s forecast
Barbados will experience overcast conditions today as a tropical wave continues to affect the island. The Barbados Meteorological Office says residents can expect scattered showers and possibly...
View ArticleCherish the elderly – Blackett urges
Barbados has a high incidence of elder abuse and neglect and citizens must do more to reverse the trend, Social Care Minister Steve Blackett has urged. Addressing a church service this morning to mark...
View ArticleImpressive juniors
The Junior Monarch semifinalists thoroughly impressed last night during the first staging of their tent held at the Lester Vaughn Secondary School. Singers in both the 8-12 and 13-18 categories pulled...
View ArticlePolice investigate shooting
Police are investigating a shooting at Scotts Gap, Grazettes, St Michael. (more details to come) Source
View ArticlePolice probe death
Police are investigating a death at the Esso gas station in Walmer Lodge, St Michael According to reports, a male collapsed and died. (more details to come) Source
View Article‘A good boy’
When 17-year-old Azariah Lewis left his Worthing View, Christ Church home for work around 2 p.m. yesterday, he was in high spirits and seemingly in good health. He joked and laughed with his mother...
View ArticleI object!
In an unprecedented move, the Director of Public Prosecutions Charles Leacock, QC, was summoned to appear in court today as a witness in a joint court action brought against the Attorney General and...
View Article‘Our greatest’
The late Dr Oscar Wendell Jordan was today compared to former boxing great Muhammad Ali, who died just hours before the noted Barbadian physician on June 4. Tears flowed freely as members of the...
View ArticleNo more excuses
Stop making excuses and put the necessary systems in place! This stern advice today from Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler to the Ministry and Transport and Works in light of a series of systems...
View ArticleSeale pleads guilty to manslaughter
Terry Cassius Seale today pleaded guilty to manslaughter following the October 31, 2013 killing of Moreta Forde. Forde, 53, a then employee of telecommunications company LIME was found with her throat...
View ArticleLowe sidesteps Opposition claims
He is neither confirming nor denying Opposition contentions that 15 new garbage trucks have landed on the island, as part of planned outsourcing of the services provided by the state-run Sanitation...
View ArticleIllegal gun dealers having a field day, says King
Barbados Labour Party hopeful John King wants all hands on deck in the fight to keep illegal guns out of the reach of the country’s youth. King, Supervisor at the Government Industrial School, lashed...
View ArticleUCAL will be paid – Sinckler
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler today made it clear Government would pay United Commercial Autoworks Limited (UCAL) workers any money that it owes them. However when it pays remains uncertain. This...
View ArticleHolder admits to selling $10,500 rings for $160
Burglary accused Corey Omar Holder remains on bail pending a pre sentencing report. Holder of Jordan’s Land, St George today pleaded guilty to stealing two rings belonging to Savitree Singh worth $10,...
View ArticleBUT housing in two years
It has taken over four decades to get to this phase but when the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) completes the third phase of its housing development project at Hothersal Turning, St Michael in...
View ArticleFishing expedition!
Another witness ordered to appear in a joint action brought by Frank Errol Gibson against the State has taken serious issue with the order. Monday, Director of Public Prosecutions Charles Leacock, QC,...
View ArticleRocky start
The much-anticipated hearing in the case brought against the controversial Rock Hard Cement Limited of embattled businessman Mark Maloney by Chief Town Planner Mark Cummins failed to get going before...
View Article‘Hundreds could lose their jobs’
A senior official of Preconco Ltd, a Mark Maloney-managed company, today voiced fears that hundreds of workers could lose their jobs and millions of dollars in investment could leave Barbados if the...
View ArticleChanges coming to Govt procurement
Major changes are to be made to the processes and rules governing public sector procurement procedures that will transform the Central Purchasing Department into a virtual regulatory body, Minister of...
View ArticleMidnight fire razes house
Fire officials were rushed into action shortly before midnight Monday night as a building at Kingsland Terrace, Christ Church burst into flames. When they got there they found a building that had been...
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