Religious groups stage Barbados Rally
Hundreds of Barbadians converged on the Bay Street Esplanade opposite Government Headquarters this evening for the Barbados Rally to campaign for the maintenance of the traditional family and in...
View ArticleShooting victim identified
Police have identified the victim of yesterday’s shooting death in Airy Hill, St Joseph as 19-year-old Shaquone Maycock of 7th Avenue New Orleans, St Michael. Maycock’s motionless body was discovered...
View ArticleFogging schedule November 7 to 10
The Vector Control Unit in the Ministry of Health continues its fogging programme to control the Aedes aegypti mosquito population. Districts in St James, St Thomas and St Michael will be fogged today....
View ArticleRally against wrongs
The Bay Street Esplanade was a sea of yellow, blue and black as hundreds of Christians turned up for the Barbados Rally, to not only worship but take a stand against immorality and efforts to push the...
View ArticleCops sick and tired of waiting for overdue pay
For the second time this year, members of the Royal Barbados Police Force are raising concern about outstanding pay. However, the officers, who had initially complained back in May about non payment of...
View ArticleNo thief!
The last vivid memory Sharon Maycock has of her 19-year-old son is that of a young man joking and laughing about cornflakes. It was just the day before Shaquone Maycock of The City had been shot and...
View ArticleLast chance
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) has threatened to bring down the wrath of the entire trade union movement on Government if the row over its president is not resolved in its favour by...
View ArticleBloody weekend of shooting incidents
Police are investigating at least three separate shooting incidents that took place over the weekend, leaving two men dead and two nursing injuries. Thirty-three-year-old Jesse David Moore of Free...
View ArticleWhat’s the alternative?
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler says despite “all the noise and chatter” he is yet to hear any credible alternative to Government’s much maligned fiscal consolidation programme. Addressing the...
View ArticleBacking Clinton
Two Barbadian political pundits are predicting a comfortable victory for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over Republican nominee Donald Trump in tomorrow’s United States elections....
View ArticleBeware of homosexual influences – professor
A research professor in the United States is cautioning the Freundel Stuart Administration to be careful what it lets into its school system. While highlighting the work of homosexual scholar Alfred...
View ArticleFinancial Services Commission CEO resigns
Two years after taking the leadership reins at the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Randy Graham has resigned. Graham, who initially joined the FSC in 2012 as director...
View ArticleSt Peter communities thirsty for reliable running water
The seemingly endless water shortages that have plagued several parishes here have become a headache for residents in some St Peter communities. Speaking on the sidelines of a presentation at the...
View ArticleWanted men
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two men, seen in these photos, who are wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. Anyone who can assist in identifying any of the men...
View ArticleMissing girl found
A 16-year-old girl who was reported missing on Sunday, November 6, has been traced and is safe. Zaria Nurse resides at #219, 8th Ave, West Terrace, St James.
View ArticleTwo charged in connection with shooting incident
Police have arrested and charged two men in relation to Friday’s shooting incident at Goddings Alley, Speightstown, St Peter, in which 39-year-old Ricardo Vincent Corbin of Date Tree in the parish...
View ArticleLazy Bajans
A University of the West Indies (UWI) official Tuesday expressed shock and alarm over the results of a recent study, which measured the physical activity of Barbadians between the ages of 25 and 54...
View ArticleGay threat!
Sociologist Dr Veronica Evelyn is blaming gay lifestyles for retarding the island’s birth rate, which she said had reached a “point of no return”. Evelyn was a panellist at Monday night’s town hall...
View ArticleA rider’s plea
The solution to the problem of motorcyclists performing stunts on the nation’s roads may be as simple as finding a venue for them to safely do their manoeuvres. This is the view of avid rider Chad...
View ArticleCombermere needs a lasting solution – Gibbs
President of the Barbados National Council of Parent Teacher Associations Inc. (BNCPTA) Shone Gibbs is appealing to education authorities to fix the environmental problems at Combermere School “once...
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