Man Falls Through Roof While Cleaning Ash
A contract worker has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling through the roof of a business at Warrens, St. Michael that was being cleared of volcanic ash this morning Sources connected to the company tell Starcom Network News that the young man involved was working for an entity that had been contracted […]
BWA Board Members Speak Out
Barbados Water Authority Board member and community activist, Andrew Dixon, has been defending the authority and himself in the face of harsh criticism from St. Joseph residents who staged a protest yesterday over water outages. Mr. Dixon was among those who staged a protest march several years ago over the water issues in the parish […]
Contact Tracing Of Church Cluster Continues
Health authorities continue contact tracing as they seek to halt the spread of covid-19 cases from what up to the end of last week was a growing cluster linked to a church in the north. More than thirty cases have been linked directly or indirectly to an outbreak among the church members and the health […]
Small Businesses Receive Over 5 Million In Assistance
Government has paid out just over five million dollars so far to small and medium size businesses that were forced to close during the national pause in March. Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerry Symmonds, disclosed that up to April 16, approximately eight thousand, five hundred and eleven applications had been received. More […]
Latest Homicide Victim Remembered As A Helpful Child
Barbados recorded its fourth homicide for the year when 28-year-old Tremaine Hinds of Pleasant Hall Land, St. Matthias died last night following an altercation with a group of men. When Starcom Network News visited the area this morning, the family was too distraught to speak however, residents recounted the incident. The residents remembered when as […]