The Chairman of the Hotel and Tourism Association expresses concern about gun crime and calls for a gun amnesty.
Chairman of The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Stephen Austin is calling for a gun amnesty in Barbados, as part of efforts to tackle gun crime. He warns that gun violence along with the harassment of tourists could damage the tourism sector. Mr Austin was addressing today the 4th Quarterly Meeting of the BHTA..
The Minister of Water Resources vows that Innotech contracts will be re-worked warning that the BWA will not be held to ransom.
Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Wilfred Abrahams, is serving notice to the company Innotech that the Barbados Water Authority and the government will not be held to ransom, warning them of his intention to re-work their contracts and assuring BWA customers that their interests will be looked after. Mr. Abrahams was in a no-nonsense […]
Three people charged for the Alma Parris murder.
Three people have been charged with murder in connection with the death of a young man whose body was discovered in a bathroom of an abandoned building of the Alma Parris School last month. One of the accused is said to be the reputed girlfriend of the deceased 34-year-old, Ricardo Rock who had lived near […]
Athelson O’Neil Prescod
The death is announced of; Athelson O’Neil PRESCOD affectionately known as Pacer Bob. Aged 70 years of Paddock Road, St. Michael. Father of: Stacey Barker & Troy Alleyne Grandfather of: Shamon Barker Brother of: Stephen Prescod Cousin of: Shirley & Sheila Prescod of the USA Friend of: Stephen Holder & many others The Funeral Of […]
Barbados Commerce Minister urges retailers to lower prices.
Commerce Minister Dwight Sutherland is encouraging retailers to lower prices more following the removal of the NSRL. Speaking this morning as he toured Massy Stores Supercentre at Warrens, St. Michael, he said food prices, though not at the levels they were before July 1st this year when the NSRL was removed, are still high. Mr. […]
Barbados farmers complain that crop theft has now reached organized crime proportions and call for something to be done.
This country’s farmers say food crop theft is reaching organised crime proportions and demand that something be about it. The alarm was raised this morning by the spokesman for some of this country biggest farm operations, Mark Sealy, Chairman of Barbados Sugar Industry Limited, BSIL, in an interview with Starcom Network News. Mr. Sealy says […]
BWA STAFF GETTING THEIR BACK PAY – THREATENED LOCK-OUT FAILS TO MATERIALISE
The Barbados Water Authority staff continue to operate from their new Pine, St. Michael headquarters despite an alleged threat by the property developers Innotech to lock them out of the property for non-payment of the lease payment for the building. BWA staffers tell Starcom Network News that last week some of them were briefed by […]
Part three of the Barbados government’s economic restructuring plan to commence in January.
Stage three of Barbados’ Economic Restructuring and Transformation Plan is to commence in January next year, and could possibly include another round of jobs cuts. The stakeholders in Barbados’ Social Partnership – government, the trade unions and the private sector – met for roughly four hours Monday and were updated on government’s restructuring plan on […]
Top Stories In November
Starcom Network News brings you “Month In Review” – a look at the top stories in November.
Over One Thousand Sent Home In Phase 1
Over one thousand civil servants have been sent home so far, as a part of government’s retrenchment exercise. The revelation came from Labour and Social Partnership Relations Minister, Colin Jordan, who said that the exercise is still continuing. He was speaking this morning on the Voice of Barbados’ Brass Tacks Sunday programme with host, Sanka […]