Plans for Crop Over 2022 announced

Plans are set for Crop Over 2022 after a two-year break due to the covid-19 pandemic. Crop Over officials and stakeholders have agreed on the arrangements for this year’s festival, which include a relaxation of the previously announced protocols for revellers. The Crop Over plans have been outlined during a news conference at the National […]

Yearwood pledges to take fight to BLP

New Democratic Labour Party President, Dr. Ronnie Yearwood, pledges to unite the party and to carry the political fight to the governing Barbados Labour Party stating that he will not shy away from engaging the government on key issues. Dr. Yearwood, a University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus law lecturer, was speaking as […]

Massy Assessing Damage from Fire

Massy Stores is assessing the damage and cost of an electrical fire at their Worthing location early this morning. Operations Manager of Massy Stores, Cherieda Phillips, tells Starcom Network News, the company is working towards having the store reopened as soon as possible. Station officer Marlon Small led the Fire Service team that that responded. […]

Sam Lord’s nearing completion/to employ one thousand

The four hundred million dollar Sam Lord’s Castle hotel in St. Philip is expected to commence taking guests by November this year and to employ up to a thousand people when completed. This has been disclosed by Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for coordinating all infrastructural projects, Dr. William Duguid, in […]

Fire Damages Massy Worthing

An early morning fire has damaged the Massy supermarket at Worthing, Christ Church, formerly called Big B. The fire is said to have started in a freezer and seems to have been largely restricted to that room. However, there is believed to be significant water and smoke impact to the Supermarket and its stock.