BUT/DLP Object to Any Early Recall of Teachers from Summer Holiday

President of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Rudy Lovell, says his union objects to any plan by the ministry of education that would require teachers to return from summer holiday a week early. He says he has received unofficial communications indicating that the Ministry of Education was seeking to shorten the summer vacation for teachers. […]

Shooting Death Prompts Calls For Police Crack Down at Dover

Efforts continue to try to identify the man shot dead at Dover, Christ Church as a business-owner complains of drug dealing in the area and says such as an incident was bound to happen. The police say that around 2 am today they received a call stating that a man had been shot in the […]

Health Ministry Shuts Down Processing Plant Over Rat Infestation

The Hill Milling Company at Haggatt Hall, St. Michael, previously ordered closed by the ministry of health, has been forced to dump about six hundred thousand dollars in raw materials because of rat infestation. The company was shut down about 9 weeks ago through a stop work order from the ministry. And, today officials from […]

Man Shot Dead at Dover

A man has been shot dead at Dover, Christ Church. The police received the report of the shooting around 230 am. Police officers and the ambulance service responded and when they arrived at the scene they confirmed that the victim was deceased.