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‘I’m no fool’
Outspoken minister Donville Inniss is suggesting he would be a fool to disregard “the strong message” sent by Barbadians who took to the streets of the capital on Saturday in a March of Disgust against...
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Not this time!
A special constable who was granted a second set of bail last week is now at HMP Dodds on remand after returning to court Monday to face new charges, including one involving the same woman whom he was...
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Central Bank to source backstop loan
It has recently come under harsh criticism for its heavy financing of Government. But this has not stopped the Central Bank of Barbados, under its new leadership, from coming to the rescue of the...
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Failing grade
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley Monday evening described Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler’s introduction to the 2017-18 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure as “an admission that the economy is in deep...
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Inniss takes on Stuart on downgrades
The criticism of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart by one of his own Cabinet ministers is getting sharper, with Minister of International Business Donville Inniss today suggesting Stuart’s position on the...
View ArticleContone ready to change his tune
Jailed entertainer Contone wants to clean up his act and be ready to release new music for the upcoming Crop Over season. As such, he made a request Monday in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court to be...
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Sinckler calls on private sector to pull its weight
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is accusing private sector companies that earn foreign exchange of keeping a lot of their earnings offshore. He pointed the accusing finger at business operators...
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Cries answered
The cries for help from an elderly couple living in deplorable conditions have been answered, and Wilson and Louise Yearwood can expect to be in a pristine, new home by Friday March 17, thanks to the...
View ArticleTwo get bail on sex charges
Two men – one a teenager – are out on bail after appearing in a Bridgetown court charged with separate sex offences. Shawn Jermaine Sobers, of Round Rock, Silver Sands, Christ Church, was not required...
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Dre’s heroic act
Dre Browne is a real life hero. While playing in the sand with his Barbados Youth Service (BYS) friends after a long day of community service on Saturday, the 17-year-old Clapham, St Michael resident...
View ArticleHope admits to drug charges
Magistrate Douglas Fredrick has ordered a pre-sentencing report into the life of a 41-year-old mason who admitted Monday to several drug offences. Basco McArthur Hope, of Skeete’s Road, Jackman’s, St...
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GG to step down in June
Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave today confirmed that he will demit office at the end of June 2017, five years after he was appointed to the country’s highest office. Sir Elliott had announced...
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NUPW to begin industrial action over pay demand
With Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler admitting today that Government had not taken a position on whether or not civil servants would get a pay rise this financial year, the country’s largest public...
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Syphilis outbreak
Health authorities here are reporting an outbreak of syphilis on the island. Senior Medical Officer with responsibility for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Dr Anton Best said the...
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Three injured in accident
Three people are nursing injuries following a motor vehicle accident this morning along the Adams Section of the ABC Highway. Police said the accident occurred sometime around 6:55 am and involved two...
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Woman caught with marijuana in barrel
Police have arrested and charged 36-year-old Rochelle Diana Gill of Accommodation Road, Bush Hall, St Michael, in connection with a number of drug-related offences. A statement from the police said...
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Down to the wire
If the annual Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure are anything to go by, 2018 is definitely the year for elections in Barbados. While making a deliberate effort to control its spending in 2017/2018,...
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Dollar appeal
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur made a strong case today for Barbados to end its currency peg to the United States dollar. In setting out his case before Parliament during the morning session on the...
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NAB to the rescue
For three years Lionel Inniss lived in squalid conditions at Fustic Village, St Lucy with little more than rodents and pests for company. The old, dilapidated rented house which he called home was a...
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March Dem out – Comissiong
Political activist David Comissiong wants to march the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) out of office hurriedly, and he is calling for a multi-sectoral people’s campaign in order to achieve this...
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