BWA Reports Water Restored to Most of St. John
Barbados Water Authority reports that water has been restored in most areas of St. John. Some residents complained of not having water for two days, due to a temporary shutdown at the Bowmanston Pumping Station. Director of engineering at the BWA Charles Leslie says while the pumping station remains offline the authority has been able […]
Fibre Optic Cable Issue Disrupts Flow Service
Damage to a fibre optic cable located near the Garrison, St. Michael has disrupted service to thousands of Flow customers. Starcom Network News understands as many as 8 thousand customers may have been affected. In a statement Flow Barbados says services to some customers in the parishes of St Michael and Christ Church have been affected. […]
Rural Water Outage
A large part of rural Barbados has been without water due to a temporary shutdown at the Bowmanston Pumping Station resulting in complaints from several Barbados Water Authority customers. Ambrose Grosvenor, a resident of St. George, points out that people in various St. George communities have not had running water since Sunday. St. George resident, […]
Barbados Raises Corporate Tax Rates
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced an overhaul of Barbados’ corporate tax structure that raises the rate for bigger firms and provides incentives for job creation, investment and innovation. This is part of efforts to comply with the requirements of international agencies and to avoid being blacklisted by watchdogs such as the OECD which […]
ZR Driver Stabbed In Road Rage Incident
A route taxi driver is recovering after being stabbed several times by another motorist in a road rage incident. Anthony Marshall, who is known as “Tallies” and who drives on route 6, was stabbed in his chest and leg last Tuesday in what he says was a shocking experience. Tallies tells Starcom Network News that […]