HAZMAT INCIDENT AT HASTINGS POLICE STATION
Police personnel at Hastings Police Station have been evacuated to the nearby Brigade House after a package containing an unknown substance was brought to the station by a female who sought to report to the police that she had received this suspected package. The entire station was compromised and all personnel were instructed to evacuate […]
Caribbean on downward trajectory to being the poorest region in the world by 2050
Director of Economics at the Caribbean Developing Bank, Dr. Justin Ram is forecasting that unless this region halts the current economic slide it could become the poorest area in the world by 2050. He expressed concern about the levels of poverty and unemployment in this region. Dr. Ram was addressing the third annual Central Bank […]
Barbadian arrested at JFK airport after TSA finds powerful handgun
A Barbadian man has been arrested at John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport in New York after allegedly trying to board a flight with a powerful handgun concealed in his carry-on luggage. A statement on the website of the US Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) does not name the individual in question but says that he was […]
Land not for housing development, says Weir
Minister of Agriculture, Indar Weir has dismissed as wild and silly suggestions that agricultural lands formerly owned by Clico will be sold and possibly converted to use for housing development. Mr. Weir called into the Voice of Barbados call-in program Getting Down to Brass Tacks following a news conference held by the Democratic Labour Party […]
‘Agricultural land not for housing development’
Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir has dismissed as wild and silly suggestions that agricultural lands formerly owned by Clico will be sold and possibly converted to use for housing development. Mr. Weir called into the Voice of Barbados call-in program Getting Down to Brass Tacks following a news conference held by the Democratic Labour Party […]