Don’t get like Trinidad or Jamaica – Bishop begs
Roman Catholic Bishop of Bridgetown Jason Gordon has repeated his call for the speedy prosecution of gun crimes. The religious leader, who had initially made the call in his address to the Barbados...
View ArticleUWI drop frightening – Hinkson
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) says it continues to be “extremely concerned” and “perturbed” about the declining enrolment of Barbadian students at the University of the West Indies in the...
View ArticleRubis launches ‘Big five’ promotion
Fuel storage and distribution company, Rubis, is reporting a “significant increase” in sales at the pumps since the start of its five-year anniversary loyalty promotion about a week ago. This promotion...
View ArticleAn All Fools’ Day joke?
Surely the Nation newspaper was cracking an early “All Fools’ Day joke” when it published a full colour drawing of a spanking new $150 million National Stadium on the front page of last Wednesday’s...
View ArticleBreakthrough in Warrens murder probe
Police are reporting a major breakthrough in their investigations into the shooting death of 46-year-old Ricardo Bryan of Retreat terrace, Black Rock St Michael. Bryan was gunned down execution...
View ArticleLawmen probe St Philip death
Police are carrying out investigations into the death of 62-year-old Martin Weekes of Harington, St Philip. Lawmen say Weekes was clearing a field at Robinson Land in the same parish around 2:30p.m....
View ArticleFleet upgrade
The Barbados Fire Service fleet of vehicles has been augmented with two new tenders valued at two million dollars. And one of the vehicles, which has a multimedia set up, was specifically designed to...
View ArticleBHTA head issues Brexit warning
Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Roseanne Myers is cautioning against inciting panic over Britain’s impending separation from the European Union (EU). Britons voted in June...
View ArticleTax them!
Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr DeLisle Worrell is defending Government’s decision to impose taxes on the population as a revenue raising measure, saying it was necessary to help close the...
View ArticleFirst Citizens not hurt by lower interest rates
At least one commercial bank is reporting no change to its customer base, following its decision to lower its interest rate on deposits earlier this year. In fact, Branch Manager of Retail Banking and...
View ArticleRastafarian parents sued
An official from the state-run Child Care Board (CCB) has been summoned to appear in court in a case brought by the Ministry of Education against the parents of two Rastafarian children for failing to...
View ArticleSt Philip family in shock over death
Family members of a St Philip man who dropped dead thursday said his passing has come as a total surprise since he had just received a clean bill of health last Saturday when he last visited his...
View ArticleWoman narrowly escapes as her home collapses
Sixty-seven-year-old Maureen Scantlebury’s decision to take an outside bath this afternoon may have saved her life. The Seaman Village, Brittons Hill, St Michael resident said just as she was about to...
View ArticleGonsalves: LIAT must do better
St Vincent and the Grenadines prime minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is blaming current inefficiencies plaguing LIAT on the airline’s failure to implement a decision to shift its base from Antigua and...
View ArticleMan shot in Deacons
A 24-year-old man is being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for multiple gunshot wounds sustained in an attack by a number of masked men last night in Deacons, St Michael. Police say the...
View ArticleWanted man: Marlon Anthony Smith
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 37-year-old Marlon Anthony Smith, alias ‘Brando’, who is wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. His last known address is Storey Gap,...
View ArticleBetter late than never!
Better Late Than Never is a brand – a NBC American reality –travel TV series, and a full length album by the ska/reggae band Slackers, to name but a few examples. It also recently appeared in this...
View ArticleBFPA head calls for protection of reproductive rights
The head of the Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA), Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland today raised concerns that gains made in sexual and reproductive health could easily be rolled back given the tone...
View ArticleToday’s weather
Barbadians can expect fair weather conditions for most of the day. According to the Barbados Meteorological office, it will be mostly fair, hazy and breezy. Source
View ArticleLIAT admits it is under strain
Officials at regional carrier LIAT say they are operating under “major constraints” to service Caribbean countries in its network. In a statement confirming a meeting between the carrier’s management...
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