‘Ball in Sandals’ court’
Government expects economic recovery to pick up steam over the next two years but it’s critical that major construction projects get started and that both businesses and individuals start investing and spending again. Minister in the ministry of finance Ryan Straughn, speaking to moderator David Ellis, on VOB’s Getting Down to Brass Tacks call-in program, […]
Three injured in four-vehicle smash-up
At least three people were injured, two of them critically in a four-vehicle smash-up at Mangrove crossroad in St. Phillip this morning, including a passenger ejected from one of the cars. The police say the accident occurred about 7:50 am to eight at the junction of Mangrove Road, Sunbury Road, and Market Road. It involved […]
Mangrove Pond landfill on fire
Fire erupted at the Mangrove Pond landfill this morning, the latest in a series of blazes there, with huge plumes of billowing black smoke that could be seen from miles away, even in Bridgetown. The dense clouds of smoke prompted the ministry of health to urge people with respiratory illness to evacuate the area around […]