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Cyclist hurt in crash with ZR
A cyclist was rushed to hospital this evening in serious condition after he collided with a ZR on Lower Collymore Rock, St Michael. Eyewitnesses say the accident occurred around 6PM, involving ZR247,...
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Barbados borrows $68 million LNG loan
Government has secured a $68 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to facilitate, among other things, the implementation of a public-private partnership project to import and...
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‘Absolutely unkempt’
Government went to Parliament today seeking approval for $3.1 million in financial support for its annual de-bushing exercise, with Minister of Health John Boyce sounding a stern warning that the...
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No morals!
Don’t mock God! This was the stern piece of advice issued last night by one local evangelical leader to the authorities and Barbadians in general, as he added his voice to the recent public debate over...
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Inniss wants coconut vendors to cleanup their act
Government minister Donville Inniss today took aim at coconut vendors who operate on the country’s roadways, warning them “to get their act together”. Contributing to today’s parliamentary debate on a...
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Barrack lawyers smiling all the way to the bank
Lawyers involved in the Al Barrack saga are about to get a payday – at least a part of what is owed to them. This comes several months after the contractor received his final payment from Government....
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PSV rage
Minibus owner Victor Mottley is not a happy man, and is fuming over a decision by the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) to pull private operators from the Sturges, St Thomas route to make way for...
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Ministers refuse to act on ‘illegal’ summons
Three Cabinet ministers who refused to appear before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last month to be quizzed about the operations of the state-run National Housing Corporation (NHC) broke...
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PM’s gift
There is good news for hundreds of unappointed public servants in time for Christmas. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart today announced in Parliament that 555 temporary officers who have been acting in...
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No republic status anytime soon – Sir Hilary
Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is not holding his breath in the expectation that Barbados will become a republic anytime soon. In fact, Sir Hilary...
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No way, Mia!
Three Government ministers who have been summoned to appear before the Mia Mottley led Public Accounts Committee of Parliament are blatantly refusing to do so. Following, is the full text of a...
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Reid-Batson got ten warning letters in one month
Former employee of the then Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) Constance Reid-Batson received ten warning letters between February 7, 2014 and March 5, 2014 regarding her absence from work, the...
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Stuart refuses to intervene in raging labour disputes
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is refusing to allow the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to force his hand, amid raging industrial tensions at the island’s ports of entry. In response to a call...
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Breakthrough in Blenman death probe
Two people are in police custody assisting with investigations into the unnatural death of 26-year-old David Nicholas Blenman of Golden Mile, Heywoods, St Peter. Blenman’s nude body was discovered by...
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Trinidadian on cocaine charges
Trinidadian national Dexter Taylor is expected to appear in the District A Magistrates court today on several drug charges. Taylor, 54, arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday,...
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Teen charged with stabbing
Seventeen-year-old Kadeem Torian Wilkinson of Todds Land, St George, is expected to appear in the District A Magistrates Court today to answer to charges related to a stabbing incident on Thursday on...
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UPDATE – Teen bailed
Kadeem Torian Wilkinson has been granted bail in the sum of $5,000 with one surety, after appearing in court this morning charged with wounding. Seventeen-year-old Wilkinson, of Todds Land, St George,...
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‘Lord Evil’ back in custody
Murder accused Andre ‘Lord Evil’ Jackman is back in police custody, less than two days after he was granted an extension of his curfew to get married this weekend. Police public relations officer...
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GG to retire next year
Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave today served notice of his plans to retire next year. The 85-year-old former High Court judge has served as this country’s Head of State for the past five years,...
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Top youth focused on military career
He excelled in all areas of training and study during his just-ended one-year stint with the Barbados Youth Service (BYS). And based on this performance, Rasheed Reid walked away with top honours —...
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