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COURT-UPDATE-Bajan female entertainer among three held with drugs
A 38-year-old Bajan female entertainer, who is among a trio charged in connection with $625,000 worth of cocaine, will have to spend the next two days behind bars. Former Richard Stoute Teen Talent...
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Jamaican caught with drugs, slapped with $20,000 fine
A Jamaican national was slapped with a $20,000 fine when he appeared in court today on drug related charges. Kimar Simpson, 34, was arrested by members of the Drug at the Grantley Adams International...
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Cell phone ban coming
Sweeping new regulations are coming that will outlaw the use of cell phones while driving, ban stunts on the roads and those who organize such activities, make it illegal to drive under the influence...
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Mia goes on the attack
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley today lambasted Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley while accusing the ruling Democratic Labour Party administration of forcing through last-minute legislation...
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Not a “squeak” from Mottley on domestic violence bill, says Blackett
St Michael Central Member of Parliament Steve Blackett today accused the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) of trying to derail every attempt by Government to move the country forward. Speaking in...
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Private phone call lands Jamaican in trouble
Jamaican national Andre Kimar Simpson was slapped with a $20,000 fine when he appeared in court today on four drug-related charges. The 34-year-old was arrested at the Grantley Adams International...
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Cumberbatch out on bail
A 34-year-old St Michael vendor, who has been charged with wounding, secured his temporary freedom today after the prosecutor indicated he had no objection. However, while Gregory Anderson Cumberbatch,...
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Good move!
The Barbados Road Safety Association (BSA) has welcomed the Road Safety Amendment Act introduced in Parliament this morning by Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley. The BRSA has often taken...
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BWA workers in line for more backpay
Workers at the state-owned Barbados Water Authority (BWA) are close to receiving millions of dollars in back pay, accumulated over the past three years. In fact, General Secretary of the Barbados...
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Sealy offers assurances to Hilton hotel employees
With the sale of the Hilton Barbados Resort said to be at “an advanced stage”, Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy is assuring employees at the Needhams Point property that their jobs are safe. In fact,...
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Transport Board talks off to a smooth start
A day after Transport Board drivers staged a disruptive strike, talks aimed at resolving their grievances got off to “a reasonable start” this morning. General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union...
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Barbadian professor of medicine dies
Barbadian scholar and professor of medicine Sir Kenneth Lamont Stuart has passed away in the United Kingdom. Word of his death has come from Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies Sir...
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Charged up
Minister of Social Care Steve Blackett is not about to lie down and play dead in the face of criticisms allegedly made of him on social media by agents of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP). On...
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Singer on cocaine charge
A 38-year-old Bajan female entertainer, who is among a trio charged in connection with $625,000 worth of cocaine, will have to spend the next two days behind bars. Former Richard Stoute Teen Talent...
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‘Vision zero’
Road users here face serious penalties that include hefty fines and imprisonment, if they breach tough, new measures in the Barbados Road Safety Amendment Act introduced in Parliament this morning by...
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Random drug and alcohol testing for PSV operators
Operators of public service and heavy-duty vehicles will be subjected to random drug testing under the amended road traffic legislation introduced in Parliament this morning, Minister of Transport and...
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Two female students accused of causing a disturbance
Police are investigating a disturbance, which reportedly occurred around 4 p.m. on Wednesday in the Nursery Drive Terminal, John Beckles Drive, St Michael. Lawmen have not released any details on the...
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We did it!
It has taken five years, but Tyson Leon Edwards, of No 82 Casuarina Drive, Warner’s Park, Christ Church, and Alvin Orlando Graham of Niles Road, Ellerton, St George finally admitted to committing...
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Senior citizen denies threatening to kill woman
Sixty-one-year-old artisan Richard Michael Wiltshire was today released on $3,000 bail after pleading not guilty to two criminal charges in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Wiltshire, of 9th...
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Hearing of election petition to continue in December
Three Commonwealth citizens, who have each been living in Barbados for over a decade, are challenging their exclusion from the country’s voters’ list. Grenadian Shireene Ann Mathlin-Tulloch, Jamaican...
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