Aerial Surveillance to Battle Crop Thieves

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir has outlined plans for a major assault of crop theft deploying new high-tech methods including drones.’ He said it will be facilitated by new legislation.   He spoke of the advantages of the new technology. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir

First Phase of New Stadium by Early Next Year

A team of experts from China is in Barbados to help finalise designs for a new Barbados National Stadium the first phase of which is expected to be completed by early next year. Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, was part of a ministry team that accompanied the Chinese contingent on a […]

Sol Working to Reopen Three Stations

The Sol Distributor and licensed Distributor of the Esso-Branded Retail Network in Barbados confirms that it is working towards resuming operations as quickly as possible at 3 Service Stations within its network which are temporarily closed. The sites are Sol Top Rock and Tweedside Road and the Paynes Bay Esso branded Service Stations. Sol says […]

Sheraton Murderer Sentenced to Life in Jail

The Sheraton Mall murder accused has been jailed for life. 25 year-old Hakeem Stuart was today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Damian Trotman in the forecourt of the busy shopping mall on the afternoon of March 21st, 2019. High Court judge Justice Carlisle Greaves, said that Stuart must serve a minimum of […]