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Sewage system to be upgraded
Major upgrades are on the cards for Barbados’ sewage system. Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management, Dr David Estwick, made the announcement on Friday as he addressed...
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Police trying to find owners of stolen cars
As police continue their investigations into previous reported cases of car thefts, they are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying the owners of two motor cars which are currently in...
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Missing 12-year-old girl traced
Twelve-year-old Ashani Mary Jane Petite of Foul Bay, St Philip, who was reported missing on Friday, November 17, has been traced and is safe. Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Roland Cobbler...
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BLP releases first draft of Integrity Commission Bill
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) today released the first draft of its Integrity Commission Bill which it said would help to curb rampant corruption in Barbados. The BLP’s trio of Dale Marshall, Ralph...
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St Lucy claims Parish Ambassadors title
It was another title for the North at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium Saturday night for the Spirit Nation of the Awards. For the fifth time, St Lucy took home the 2017 Most Outstanding Parish...
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Residents urged to abide by road traffic laws
Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley is calling on residents to abide by the road traffic laws. He made the call while speaking at the Road Safety Day celebrations in Jubilee Gardens...
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Young male entrepreneurs take the spotlight
The Bureau of Gender Affairs on Saturday showcased some of the positive efforts being made by men at the International Men’s Day Exhibition and Symposium held in Queen’s Park Steel Shed. The exhibition...
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Barbados below world skills standard
Barbados is below the world skills standard. This was revealed by Executive Director of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) council Henderson Eastmond. “It is time to revisit our...
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Fogging schedule for November 20 – 24
Officers of the Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health will continue fogging exercises in parishes throughout Barbados this week, in an effort to control the spread of the Aedes aegypti...
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Lashley says PSVs music must stop
Government will be cracking down on those who habitually flout the island’s traffic laws, and Transport Minister Michael Lashley said yesterday that he has public service vehicle operators in his...
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BVTB only able to accommodate five per cent of applicants
Only 115 of the 2313 applicants this year for the top seven programmes at the Barbados Vocational Training Board (BVTB) could be accommodated. Director of Training Henderson Thompson shared the numbers...
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Sixth man charged in Kadooment Day shooting incident
Police have arrested and charge a sixth man in connection with the Kadooment Day shooting incident which left 23 people nursing gunshot wounds. Shakeem Romario Clarke, 22, of Golden Ridge, St George...
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Trio to face the courts Monday for Buckley Plantation robbery
Three men are expected in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court on Monday, November 20 in connection with the November 9 robbery of the supervisor / manager of the Buckley Plantation. Charles Bynoe, 64,...
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Police make breakthrough in investigations into Silver Hill shooting
Police have made a major breakthrough in their investigations into the shooting death of 34-year-old Andrew Prescod of Welches, Oistins, Christ Church. A 22-year-old St Michael man is currently in...
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St Michael man charged with murder
A 22-year-old St Michael man is expected to appear in the Oistins Magistrates Court on a murder charge. Juniel Shaquel Holder of Hinds Gap, Halls Road, is charged with the murder of 34-year-old Andrew...
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Murder accused remanded
Murder accused 22-year-old Juniel Shaquel Holder was today remanded to Her Majesty Prison Dodds until January 17. Holder of Hinds Gap, Halls Road, St Michael appeared before Magistrate Elwood Watts...
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Trio accused of Buckley robbery remanded to Dodds
Three men jointly charged with the November 9 robbery of the supervisor/manager of the Buckley Plantation have been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds. Thirty-year-old Jermaine Kenneth King of...
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Clarke remanded to Dodds
Shakeem Romario Clarke, the sixth man charged in connection with the Kadooment Day shooting incident, which left 23 people nursing gunshot wounds, has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds....
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Butcher and Morgan reign supreme
He had to settle for the runner’s up position last year, but there was no stopping Reemar Butcher from muscling his way to the Mr Schoolboy Bodybuilding title at the Lester Vaughan Secondary School...
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Jamaican dancehall star Ninjaman found guilty of murder
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dancehall artiste Ninjaman was found guilty of murder a short while ago in the Supreme Court. Ninjaman, whose given name is Desmond Ballentine, was charged along with his son...
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