Prime Minister announces slimmed down cabinet and names a deputy and three senior ministers
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced a slimmed down cabinet, with a previous minister being omitted, a former backbencher given a ministry and for the first time a deputy Prime Minister and three senior ministers being appointed. In a national broadcast to the nation Miss Mottley named Member of Parliament for St. Michael South […]
Concern over snake smuggled into country
The Barbados Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, BSPCA, is concerned about people smuggling potentially dangerous snakes into the country. Chief Inspector of the BSPCA, Wayne Norville, confirmed to Starcom Network News that an adult boa constrictor was captured in the Plumgrove, Christ Church area over the weekend.
Two fire officers injured in city blaze
Two houses have been destroyed, three others damaged and two fire officers injured in a blaze at Light Foot Lane in the city. Fire Service Division Officer, Errol Gaskin, led a team of almost twenty fire service personnel and four tenders that responded to the fire. Newly-elect MP for the City, Corey Layne, described the […]
City Blaze
The fire service has been battling a blaze at Phillips Road, Lightfoot lane in the city involving at least five houses. The police say the report came in at about 11:15 am. Kemar Stuart, the Democratic Labour Party’s candidate for the city in the recent elections, and who lives nearby, was among those at the […]