Covid Spike
Latest figures indicate a significant spike in the covid-19 positivity rate in Barbados over the past two weeks with four deaths being recorded. The update provided today by the Ministry of Health shows for the period April 29th to May 12th, 228 new cases were recorded from 817 tests at a positivity rate of roughly […]
Fishing Feud Could Escalate
Tobago Fishermen are again demanding the Trinidad and Tobago government does something about Bajans fishing off Tobago and threatening to take the dispute as far as the United Nations if need be. Meanwhile, Barbadian fishermen are calling on the Barbados authorities to resolve the dispute as soon as possible. The Barbados government has stated that […]
Hit and Run Crash
A motorist was transported to hospital by ambulance after their vehicle was rear ended in a three-car smash up on the ABC Highway this morning. The collision occurred on the stretch between the Garfield Sobers and Errol Barrow Roundabouts. Starcom Network News understands the vehicle that is said to have initiated the crash fled the […]
Gun and Drug Seizure
The police have arrested two men and seized three guns and more than a million dollars of cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana that was allegedly being smuggled into the country. A news release from the police service says that officers from the Southern Division’s Criminal Investigations Department have arrested and charged 36 year old Tito Barrow […]
MISSING MAN MEQEAL MURRAY
A 21-year old man of Bayfield, St. Philip is missing. Meqeal Jaquan left the residence of his mother Fusstina Murray of Bayfield, St. Philip on Friday, 5th May about 11 am to go to Nelson Street, he has not been seen since. He is about five feet tall, light brown complexion, oval head, black hair, […]