Transport Board investigating bus crash
The Transport Board is investigating an incident where one of its buses lost its rear axle last night and ran off the road and crashed into a guard wall. There were reportedly passengers on board. The incident happened at prospect, St. James. An ambulance responded to the scene but no injuries were reported.
Man arrested after car chase
A man who had been wanted for a string of burglaries is in custody after being held following a car chase on Sunday night. LeRoss Burnett, a suspect well-known to the police was spotted by police just before 9 pm near the old Globe cinema. The police pursued the suspect who damaged two police vehicles […]
St. Michael fitness gym robbed
The police are searching for two men who staged a robbery at a St. Michael fitness gym this morning. The police say that around 7 35 am, two masked men, entered Unique Fitness Gym at Yearwood Road, Black Rock, and robbed the owner of his cell phone, cash and jewellery. The thieves also stole some […]
Welcome Stamp gaining traction
Government’s Welcome Stamp Initiative is gaining traction with almost 900 foreign applicants approved by the Immigration Department to work remotely from Barbados for up to a year. Home Affairs Minister, Wilfred Abrahams says there were 1,079 applications – 764 individuals and 315 families, coming mainly from the US, UK, Canada, Nigeria, and India. He told […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: THREE NEW CASES
Three visitors, two Brits and a Colombian, are the latest COVID-19-positive cases in Barbados. The British, a five-year-old male and a 38-year-old male, are known contacts of an earlier case confirmed on August 18. They tested positive yesterday and were transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. The 31-year-old male Colombian visitor […]