Private schools dominate 11-plus

A student of St. Gabriel’s School is this year’s top performer in the Barbados Secondary School’s Entrance Exam (BSSEE), with the private schools again producing a significant number of the top students.  The island’s top female performer, Ayobami Leon-Barker says the COVID-19 protocols strengthened her performance in the exam.   Principal of St. Cyprians’ Boys, […]

UPDATE: Police probe fatal shooting

Police are on the hunt for a gunman who shot a man dead at a shop at Bath Land, St. John today. Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector (ag) Rodney Inniss, tells Starcom Network News the victim was shot multiple times.

COVID-19 UPDATE: New case

A visitor to the island tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test for the viral illness yesterday. The 29-year-old man, from the United States, was in quarantine up to yesterday when he was retested, five days after his initial negative PCR test on August 12. He has now been transferred to isolation at Harrison […]