An Airline Strike Leaves Barbadians Stranded in St. Lucia
A number of Barbadians are stranded in St. Lucia due to industrial action by flight crews of Air Antilles and are appealing for help in getting home. They are part of a group that traveled to St. Vincent and then St. Lucia for those countries’ carnivals. Janelle, one of those stranded in Castries related the […]
Gun Attack Only the Latest of Many Say PSV Operators
Minibus and route taxi operators say the recent high-profile attempted armed robbery of one of their colleagues is just the latest in a string of such attacks on workers in the sector. The operators at the Constitution River Terminal tell Starcom Network News that many of the incidents never come to the attention of the […]
Cutlass Wielding Man Shot by Police
A cutlass wielding man has been shot by police in St. George. Starcom News Understands that there was an altercation between two men. One of the men was armed with a cutlass. Police who responded tried to locate the two men who were involved in the incident. In the process, they encountered the man who […]
Plan for Cashless Public Transport
The head of one of the mini-bus and ZR associations is calling on government to make a cashless system mandatory for all public transport and to convene a national consultation on crime. Chairman of the Association of Public Transport Operators, Kenneth Best, who is an attorney at law and a former policeman, believes the recent […]
Alleged Robber Shot by Police at Broad Street
A man has been shot by police after allegedly robbing the Sure Pay outlet located in the Bridgetown Duty Free building, the former Cave Sheperd at Broad Street in the City. An eyewitness spoke to Starcom Network News at the scene. An eyewitness at the scene of a police-involved shooting at Broad Street.