National Stadium stand on fire
The roof on the VIP stand at the National Stadium was damaged by fire this afternoon, apparently caused by embers left by a welding torch from workmen that have been repairing the structure. The incident caused little disruption to the Alleyne School sports that were underway there. Supervisor at the National Stadium Anthony Leacock explained […]
More than a dozen people displaced after fire destroyed their homes
More than a dozen people were displaced after a fire destroyed two houses and a car and damaged a third house and another vehicle at the Crane, St. Phillip this morning. While one of the houses is technically classified as extensively damaged by the fire service it was virtually burnt to the ground. Barbados Fire […]
The estimates debate gets underway in the Barbados House of Assembly with a radically new format
The revamped estimates debate got underway in the Barbados House of Assembly Monday morning with a radically new format that places it under the standing committee on finance and limits ministers’ initial presentations and the opposition leader’s response to ten minutes only followed by the minister and his technocrats, sitting in the center of chamber, […]
Two houses destroyed in a fire at the Crane, St. Phillip.
Two houses have been destroyed in blaze Monday morning at the Crane, St. Phillip. A resident, on the phone, described the scene. A resident at the scene of the fire at the Crane, St. Phillip.