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AG rattled
President of the Barbados Prison Officers’ Association (BPOA) Trevor Browne Wednesday delivered a scathing attack on Government and the prison administration for their treatment of officers at Her...
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Pressure on
The battle lines have been drawn and the island’s largest public service union is promising to turn up the heat on Government Thursday in an escalating row over the position in the public service of...
View ArticlePayback time
A St Thomas vendor who pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud has been given one month to repay his victim. Carl Chesterfield McClean, 50, of Lion Castle, admitted to dishonestly obtaining from...
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BSS modernization programme nearing completion
After a near five-year delay, a $12.5 million modernization programme of the Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) is expected to be completed early next year. Still left to be done as part of a new...
View ArticleWoman fined for cell phone theft
A St Michael woman has one month in which to pay the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court $500. If Michelle Rosita Gill, 36, of Vine Street, Nelson Street does not pay the fine imposed by Magistrate Kristie...
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Rescue us, please!
An appeal today by an outspoken Anglican cleric to the island’s education authorities to put students and teachers at the Combermere School out of their current misery by abandoning all classes at the...
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Duguid refuses to take on Agard
Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate Dr William Duguid says he will not be sidetracked by recent charges made by his former dental and political colleague Dr Maria Agard. In an interview...
View ArticleBusinessman accused of theft
A businessman was released on $15, 000 bail after appearing in court on theft charges. Howard Wardrick Charles, 32, of Vauxhall, Christ Church, appeared before the No.1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court...
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No magic to Duguid
A former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for Christ Church West believes the Opposition Barbados Labour Party’s Dr William Duguid still has some answering to do to the people of that southern...
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Bluetooth use while driving to be made legal
It will no longer be legal for drivers here to hold mobile phones to their ears while driving, if proposed amendments to the Road Traffic Act are approved. However, this does not mean a total ban of...
View ArticleCourt orders psychiatric report for Bowen drug-using thief
A 42-year-old man who is recorded as having no fixed place of abode will undergo an assessment at the Psychiatric Hospital during the next three weeks. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant remanded...
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Case against Jamaicans dismissed
Two Jamaicans were recently handed over to immigration officials after the court dismissed a case against them. Shammare Tevin Cole, 19, and Omar David Smith, 34, who both resided in Suttle Street, St...
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If walls could talk . . .
The sturdy walls of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Glendairy have withstood earthquakes, hurricanes, and other events impacting the island, and even a fire in 2005 was not enough to destroy them. And while...
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UWI light on Haiti
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was aglow with candles, as students and members of staff gathered to commemorate the lives lost in Haiti throughout the years. The procession which began at the...
View ArticleSeven years
Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius has sentenced a St Philip woman to seven years in prison for fraud. However, having already spent 580 days on remand, Rosalind Patricia Alleyne of Collington Drive,...
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Show stopper
The vexing issue of Value Added Tax (VAT) on complimentary tickets at events is raising its head again, with promoters complaining it is driving them out of business. The entertainment fraternity has...
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Pregnancy threat
Health authorities say a total of 23 pregnant woman have contracted the Zika virus here, including two suspected cases of congenital syndrome, which causes severe microcephaly or abnormally small head...
View ArticleBourne slapped with hefty drug fine
After pleading guilty to four drug charges, Hallam DaCosta Bourne now has to dig deep to pay the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court a $5 000 fine. The 51-year-old of Montrose, Christ Church pleaded guilty...
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Not qualified
The man at the centre of the latest industrial relations row between the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and the Freundel Stuart administration is not qualified for the position in which he was...
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UWI attracting more OECS students
While it continues to record an overall decline in student enrolment, the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is attracting a growing number of students from the Eastern...
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