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Worrell did not stand a chance, says Pilgrim
Fired Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr DeLisle Worrell’s legal challenge against Government’s right to dismiss him was doomed from the start, attorney-at-law Andrew Pilgrim, QC, has said....
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An accused woman who was forced to appear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Monday is now on remand at HMP Dodds. Kathy-Ann Browne of Phillips Road, St Stephens Hill, St Michael is charged along...
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Inniss steps in
Protest action was averted Monday at the Grantley Adams International Airport following the intervention of Minister of Small Business Donville Inniss. Upset over the delay in getting their goods...
View ArticleGuyanese admit to trafficking drugs
High Court judge Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius has ordered pre-sentencing reports into the lives of two non-nationals who Monday pleaded guilty to several drug charges. Coco Profitt and Paul...
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Shorter detentions for girls at GIS, says AG
Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite said that changes were coming to the Government Industrial School (GIS) to allow for greater consideration to the individual needs of...
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Health Ministry gets machines to save limbs and lives
Barbadians seeking treatment at the island’s polyclinics will have access to better foot screening thanks to a donation by the Maria Holder Memorial Trust. During a presentation ceremony Monday morning...
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Deadly walk
When 48-year-old Anderson Dacosta Joseph left his home in Westmoreland, St James Sunday night for a short trip to Upper Carlton in the same parish, the furthest thing from his father, Sylvester Drakes’...
View ArticleBrowne pleads guilty to five-year-old drugs charges
Dave Ricardo Browne, of Golden Rock, The Pine, St Michael, Monday pleaded guilty to several counts of drug possession. Browne, who has been on remand for 1,688 days, admitted before Madam Justice...
View ArticleBehave or else, man told
A 28-year-old man has been ordered to keep the peace and be on his best behaviour for the next three months. If Shane Oneal Thompson does not comply with that order handed down by Magistrate Douglas...
View ArticleSame charge, different fates
Two men who appeared in a Bridgetown Court jointly charged with causing a disturbance in a public place faced different fates Monday. Roger Dacosta Jack, 50, of Ventnor Gardens, Rockley, Christ Church,...
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Eight injured in road accident at Green Hill
Eight people were injured when a route taxi collided with a motorcycle at Green Hill, St Michael around 8:30 this morning. The cyclist and his pillion rider sustained serious injuries and were rushed...
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High surf advisory
A low-pressure system anchored in the north-central Atlantic has been generating large swells which are propagating southwards into the Lesser Antilles. Met officials say northerly to northeasterly...
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Estimates make provision for CLICO and BAICO payments
Good news for policyholders and investors in CLICO International Life and British American Life Insurance Company (Barbados) Limited. Government has made provision in this year’s Estimates of...
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UPDATE-Accident at Green Hill
Police say a 36-year-old postal worker remains in serious but stable condition after his motorcycle was involved in an accident with a route taxi at Green Hill, St Michael around 8:30 this morning. The...
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Lester Vaughan School closes early
The Lester Vaughan Secondary School has been closed for the day due to a water outage. As a result, the Second Year Form level meeting has been postponed until next Tuesday at 2:15 p.m.
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St Thomas man missing
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing man. Omar Sealy, 36, of Clifton Hill, St Thomas was last seen by his mother, Wadney Sealy, at their residence around 3:30 p.m. on...
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Man held with firearm
A 22-year-old man of Bartlett Tenantry, Sargeant Village, Christ Church has been arrested and charged with unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition. On Friday, March 3, police conducted an...
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A 41-year-old woman has been ordered to stay away from her victim after she pleaded guilty to assaulting a man following a game of dominoes. Nicole Odessa Blackman, a resident of Block 5A Neptune Road,...
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CLICO relief
The organization which represents policyholders and investors in the failed CLICO International Life (CIL) has welcomed Government’s allocation of close to $30 million in its 2017-2018 Estimates of...
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Bail for Brathwaite and Hurley
Two men who appeared in a Bridgetown court Tuesday, accused of separate offences, have been released on bail. Michael Anthony Brathwaite of Storey Gap, Codrington Hill, St Michael is charged with...
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