Pension payments delivered
Scores of pensioners this afternoon expressed relief after payments finally hit their accounts in time for Christmas after days of delays. Several had reached out to Starcom Network News in previous days to express their frustration, including Angela Kinch, who called again late this afternoon with better news. She was grateful. But she felt the […]
Car bursts into flames at drive-through
A female motorist escaped unharmed but her vehicle was significantly damaged when it burst into flames at the drive-through of KFC, Oistins last night. Cheryl Mason’s Kia Sportage caught fire about 7:30 p.m. and its front end suffered significant damage. One fire tender and three fire officers from the Barbados Fire Service responded and extinguished […]
Policeman freed of murder charge
A magistrate has handed down a not guilty verdict in the six-year old, high-profile case in which a police officer was accused of murder. Constable Everton Gittens of Dash Gap, Bank Hall, St. Michael was accused in the March 2015 shooting death of Selwyn “Blues” Knight and also of unlawfully wounding Mr. Knight’s son Junior. […]
Nurses strike still on
General Secretary of the Unity Workers Union, Senator Caswell Franklyn, says that the nurse’s strike will continue, as the details behind their longstanding issues have not been rectified. Senator Franklyn tells Starcom Network News that although the Barbados Nurses Association and the government agreed to some of the terms put forward by the union, the […]
Pensioners blue vex
Some of this country’s pensioners complain their promised money is yet to be lodged in their accounts or delivered by cheque despite promises from government that the matter would be resolved. Starcom Network News received several calls on the matter. There was a similar story from other callers as their frustration mounts. Pensioner complained about […]
No December pay for open campus staff
There may be no Christmas cheer for the scores of employees of the Barbados-based University of the West Indies Open campus who have been informed that due continuing financial difficulties there is no money to pay them this month. The Open Campus has around 500 staff at sites around the region but Starcom Network News […]