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A 32-year-old St Michael man is due to appear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today, charged with robbery, as well as several drug and traffic related offences. Jabari Michael Hurley, of Block 12K, Farm Road, Deacons Farm, has been held in connection with an October 6, 2017 robbery at Pile Bay, Spring Garden, St […]
Kendal Hill proprietor shot
A 62-year-old businessman is nursing a gunshot injury to his right shoulder following a shooting incident early this morning at Kendal Hill, Christ Church. The victim, Coaston Payne, is the proprietor of a small retail shop which is attached to his Kendal Hill dwelling. Police say sometime after 4 a.m. Wednesday, he encountered an unknown […]
Another sewage breach reported along the south coast
It was another day of misery for pedestrians and business operators along sections of the south coast, amid what the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) said today was another breach in the network system and a blockage in the sewage lines. This resulted in overflows of effluent water in the Hastings, Worthing and Rendezvous areas. Although […]
Serious accident at Pilgrim Road
At this hour police are on the scene of a serious accident at Pilgrim Road, Christ Church. Details are still sketchy, but the driver of a heavy-duty vehicle had to be rushed to hospital by ambulance after smashing into a wall. Up to 11:30 p.m. the road remained impassable following the 10 p.m. accident.
Three-vehicle smash up at Porters, St James
Three people complained of injuries following a three-vehicle smash up today along Porters, St James. The accident, which occurred around 12:30 p.m., involved a minibus, B84, driven by 33-year-old Richan Bourne of Lodge Road, Christ Church; a silver Suzuki hired car, driven by 32-year-old Jessica Walker of Husbands, St James; and a white Toyota van, […]
Striking CBC employees to go back to work
Striking workers at the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) will be back on the job tomorrow, in what their union, the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) said was a show of good faith ahead of talks between the state broadcaster and the BWU, initiated by Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo. The union last night called […]
Small Business Association says NSRL is demoralizing
The National Social Responsibility Levy and the foreign exchange fee have small and medium-sized businesses unsure whether to charge increased prices to customers or reduce staff, Small Business Association President Dean Straker has said. Speaking last night at the annual awards ceremony for outstanding members of the Association, Straker said “our secretariat has been receiving […]
What’s up with all the downgrades? Dr Justin Robinson explains
Senior Lecturer in Management & Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies, Dr Justin Robinson, has sought to explain credit ratings to the Barbadian public, in light of the latest downgrade by international ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P). Robinson said part of […]
S&P warns of another Barbados downgrade
The international ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) today warned of the possibility of another downgrade of Barbados over the next 12 months, while calling on the Freundel Stuart administration to take the necessary steps to lower the country’s high fiscal deficit, strengthen its external liquidity, and reverse its low level of international reserves. The […]
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