No relief
With employees of the Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) still complaining of a lingering odour, even after being relocated to another floor of the Baobab Towers in Warrens, the National Union of...
View ArticlePM praised as homeless kept off streets for Dorian
President of the Barbados Vagrant and Homeless Society (BVHS) Kemar Saffrey is giving the Mottley administration the thumbs up for ensuring homeless people were off the streets during the passage of...
View ArticleShutdown call, the right one – Minister
Government will always err on the side of caution when the safety of citizens is potentially at risk, a Minister has assured. In fact, Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan...
View Article‘Come to aid hospitals, clinics’, business community told
Corporate Barbados is to be tapped to help refurbish district hospitals and polyclinics located in areas where targeted companies trade, Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey...
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Alleged stolen car at the centre of cases
A mother and daughter are out on bail on separate charges involving an alleged stolen vehicle. They are 39-year-old Randia Oshanda Chyona Johnson and her 18-year-old daughter, Destiny Malika Tori...
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Two face robbery charges
Two men are now on remand at Dodds on a number of criminal charges. They are 25-year-old Shaquille Omar Ramario Carter, of Lot 26 Abbystone Drive, Husbands, St James and 20-year-old Kriskoff Reddonnie...
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Worrell caught with ‘coke’
A 45-year-old man with 23 crystalline cocaine rocks in a bottle will spend the next 28 days housed at the Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds. Everett Nigel Worrell, of no fixed place of abode, will be on...
View Article‘Left behind’
Operators and owners of mini buses, ZRs and taxis are upset that they were not part of the decision-making process to shut down the country prior to the passage of Tropical Storm (TS) Dorian. The two...
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Guyanese drug convicts head home
The Court of Appeal today varied the sentences of two Guyanese drug convicts and sentenced them to time served. The order handed down by Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson saw Lemme Michael Campbell and...
View ArticleInniss: ‘I’m innocent’
Former government minister Donville Inniss today maintained his innocence of bribery and money laundering charges brought against him in the United States. He pledged, not to be part of the “media...
View ArticleFlawed justice
The Court of Appeal has taken responsibility for “systemic failures” in the justice system but attorney-at-law Arthur Holder has described the situation as simply “woeful”. In handing down a 94-page...
View ArticleFake money
Public service vehicles operating out of the Constitution River Terminal have begun installing scanners in a bid to thwart counterfeit cash being used to pay fares. But the crime goes mostly unreported...
View ArticleDLP welcomes old guard
There is still a place in the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) for members of the Freundel Stuart cabinet according to recently re-elected President Verla Depeiza. In fact, the party leader feels no...
View ArticleDLP ‘struggling for relevance’, says Marshall
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has left much to be desired by Barbadian voters 15 months after being ousted from Government, a noted political scientist has contended. Nevertheless, Dr Don Marshall,...
View Article‘Rename Golden Square for nation’s heroes’
Pan African activist David Denny has proposed that Golden Square, considered the flashpoint in the July 1937 Disturbances which helped usher in profound social change in Barbados be renamed National...
View ArticleSpecial needs teachers get new insights
With the start of the new academic year in two weeks, special needs teachers have been getting a refresher course on how to work with their charges. The eight-day workshop at the Derrick Smith School...
View ArticleBolden family home ‘to be fixed’
After fearing their run-down home would not withstand the impact of a passing storm, a St Philip North family has been visited by their MP, who has promised to have their home fixed. But they may have...
View ArticleHelp region, SVG too, Gonsalves tells tourism execs
STC - 2019. St Vincent & the Grenadines KINGSTOWN - Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves is calling on regional authorities to come together and tackle the issues that...
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Time served!
The final two of six Guyanese drug traffickers are homeward-bound after the Barbados Court of Appeal, using its “discretion” released them based on the time already served for trafficking cannabis and...
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Addict: Anything for a hit
Not only did he sell his shoes in order to purchase his drug of choice, but a 30-year-old today told a Bridgetown magistrate that he would sell about anything to get that next hit. Everton Rommell...
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