UPDATED GUIDELINES FOR PERSONS WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

The Ministry of Health and Wellness advises the public of the steps which should take place following a positive COVID-19 test result. After testing positive, persons may or may not receive a phone call from someone at the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Public health officials are most concerned about persons with a new COVID-19 […]

Concern After Supermarket Attack

A Bridgetown businessman calls for stricter penalties for criminals as he complains that offenders are too quickly back on the streets if caught and punished. General Manager of Lionel C. Hill Supermarket, Gerhard Ashby was commenting on a recent incident captured in a viral security camera video where a cashier at the business place was […]

Colombian remanded

The Colombian arrested and charged in connection with a multi-million dollar drug bust has been remanded to Dodds Prison. 58-year-old Oswaldo Rafael Acosta Aroca of #20 De Octubre, Santa Marta, Colombia appeared before Magistrate Douglas Fredericks at the District ‘F’ Magistrates’ Court in St. Joseph. He is scheduled to reappear in the same court on […]

Colombian Charged in Connection with Multi-Million Dollar Drug Bust

Police of the Narcotics Division have arrested and formally charged 58-year-old Colombian National Oswaldo Aroca for drug trafficking in connection with a reported 24 million Barbados-dollar marijuana shipment seized in a raid a week ago. The accused whose address is listed as Santa Marta, Colombia is charged with: Unlawful Possession of Cannabis, Trafficking Cannabis, Possession […]