CRIME INCREASE AS COVID RESTRICTIONS END – POLICE SEE NO REASON FOR ALARM
Crime in Barbados is up by just over 13 percent so far this year but acting Commissioner Erwin Boyce says the statistical increase is largely the result of a contrast with the relatively quiet 2021 when more covid-19 restrictions were in place. He was speaking as the Police Service made a presentation of Personal Protective […]
BAND LEADERS HAPPY WITH EASE IN PROTOCOLS
Grand Kadooment band leaders welcome government’s relaxation of the covid-19 restrictions which they believe will improve the number of visitors taking part in the Crop Over Festival this year. General Manager of Aura Experience, Rondell Jones, tells Starcom Network News this move was needed since Crop Over is competing with festivals in other countries. Mr. […]
PM MEETS FARMERS TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES
This country’s pig and poultry farmers have met with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Agriculture Minister Indar Weir to discuss the options as they struggle with escalating production costs, including a recent near twenty percent increase in the price of feed. President of the Pig Farmers Association, Henderson Williams, describes the meeting held yesterday […]