King calls for greater collaboration among entertainers
Minister of the Creative Economy, Culture and Sports John King has made an impassioned plea for greater collaboration among entertainers and musicians and for an end to the feuding on social media. Mr. King, a former calypsonian, was speaking at a workshop this morning ahead of a meeting of ministers of culture that starts here […]
‘Water woes’
Residents of several districts in St. Thomas report they have been without water since yesterday and the Barbados Water Authority says efforts are underway to fix the problem. The water outage affecting Hillaby and surrounding areas that’s now into its second day and threatening to go into a third was highlighted by several callers to […]
Teachers ‘thrown under the bus’ by new qualification rules, says Redman
President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union (BSTU), Mary Anne-Redman, says there’s a growing sense of frustration among teachers over new qualification rules. She told Starcom Network News it was one of the key issues discussed at a BSTU members’ meeting yesterday. On the other hand, Ms. Redman voiced strong support for the Ministry of […]
Child hurt in car accident
A five year old girl remains in critical but stable condition at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital following a collision with a police vehicle along Belmont Road, Belleplaine St. Andrew yesterday. According to police, the child and her mother were walking on their way home from school when the collision occurred. The infant sustained a fractured […]