Injuries Reported as Police Prisoner Bus and ZR Collide
A number of prisoners along with two police officers are reported to have been injured in a collision between a police vehicle and a route taxi at Salters, St. George. Starcom Network News understands that the police vehicle involved in the collision was the service’s prisoner transport bus. The vehicle was said to be transporting […]
Bdos Loses Two Culture & Entertainment Stalwarts
Barbados has over the past 24 hours lost two stalwarts of the culture and entertainment sector – former promoter, politician and radio show host Mark Williams and veteran Crop Over band leader Gwyneth Squires. Mr. Williams passed away in the early of this morning. One of his sons Christopher Williams remembers his dad as a […]
Passengers Injured On Flight From Bdos to the UK
Almost a dozen passengers on a flight from Barbados to the UK were injured and the plane had to make an emergency landing after encountering severe turbulence far out over the Atlantic. UK media reports describe the incident as involving a flight by the global charter operator Maleth Aero. The charter flight set out from […]
BRA Seeks to Explain Any Refund Delays
The Barbados Revenue Authority gives the assurance that the personal income tax and reverse tax credit refunds have been issued to the more than forty thousand people eligible as promised but notes there may be banking and postal delays. Revenue Commissioner, Louisa Lewis-Ward, was speaking on VOB’s down to Brasstacks call-in program after some people […]