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Walcott gets bail after three months on remand
After spending three months behind bars on a charge of stealing less than $200 worth of juice, Corey Ricardo Walcott can spend the night in his own bed tonight. The 33-year-old father of five, who has...
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Batson back at Dodds a week after his release
A week after a 46-year-old man with multiple theft convictions was released from prison, he returns to jail to await trial on an attempted theft charge. Keith Anderson Batson of no known address is...
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Mara successors
Three familiar faces in the Democratic Labour Party camp, Leroy McClean, Verla De Peiza and Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo, have been identified as possible replacements for outgoing Member of Parliament for St...
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Mara’s decision to bow out comes as no surprise to her constituents
Mara’s decision to bow out comes as no surprise to her constituents Residents of St John say they are not surprised by their Member of Parliament Mara Thompson’s announcement that she will not contest...
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Offside!
Don’t blame the PSVs! This stern warning has been issued by President of the Barbados National Council of Parent Teacher Associations (BNCPTA) Shone Gibbs in response to a recent suggestion made by...
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On board
Two prominent insurance executives are supporting proposed amendments to the country’s road traffic laws, saying they should redound to a reduction in motor claims and ultimately a drop in local...
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PSV operators pledge their support to new road traffic rules
The two umbrella associations for private public service vehicle (PSV) operators have come out in strong support of proposed changes to the Road Traffic Amendment Act. As part of the amendments which...
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Water flowing from burst main in St George
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is coming in for a tongue lashing from residents of Walkers Road, Ellerton, St George, after a burst pipe there has been left unattended for over a week, impeding the...
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Sick building
The island’s largest public sector trade union said it was contemplating taking the Freundel Stuart administration to court over the time it is taking to relocate immigration officers from their...
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Digicel responds to planned FTC crackdown
Telecommunications company Digicel says it sees no reason to celebrate a move by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to bring the hammer down on three local utility companies, including its main...
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Canada-based Deltro group still has its heart set on Barbados
With construction of a planned US$20 million solar photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Barbados yet to get off the ground, officials of the Canada-based Deltro Group Limited say they have been awarded...
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Vincentian national held with drugs, fined $15,000
Members of the Drug Squad have arrested and charged a Vincentian national for a number of drug related offences which were committed at the Grantley Adams International Airport on Wednesday, November...
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St Michael teams advance
A double strike by Shanniel Marshall propelled St Michael West to a 3-1 win over St Lucy, as action in the Round of 16 of the David Thompson Memorial Constituency Councils Football Classic continued at...
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And then there were four
The finals of the Barbados Secondary Schools Under-19 Netball Competition will tip off next week Thursday, but not before defending champions Springer Memorial clash with Queen’s College and former...
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No bail for man allegedly caught breaking into home
A 36-year-old man, who was allegedly seen in a video making the rounds on social media trying to break into a private residence, has been remanded to prison. Jason MacDonald Phillips, of Suriname Road,...
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Bail denied
For the second time this week, entertainer Betty Griffith-Payne and two co-accused have been remanded to Dodds prison, in connection with $625,000 worth of cocaine. The 38-year-old former Richard...
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Black Rock man pleads guilty to stealing vitamins
A 46-year-old man will spend the next eight months behinds bars for theft. Paul Amron Cherubin, of St Stephen’s Hill, Black Rock, St Michael, pleaded guilty to stealing five tubes of Seven Seas...
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Cleaner reprimanded and discharged
A 57-year-old man was today reprimanded and discharged, after Magistrate Wanda Blair described his theft case as “the weirdest ever”. James Louis Prosper, of Diamond Valley, St Peter, appeared before...
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IMF complaint
If Barbados or any other Caribbean country wants examples of “well-designed fiscal rules” that have helped to guide consolidation efforts it should look no further than Grenada, Jamaica or St Kitts and...
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Man found hanging at apartment
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death of A St Michael man around 7:45 a. Forty-four-year-old Winston Tyrone Forde was found hanging from the rafters of his Wanstead...
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