B’dos qualifies for US $56 M after meeting IMF targets
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that its team has reached a Staff-Level Agreement with Barbados on the Third Reviews of the Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility. Barbados, therefore, qualifies for a further 56 million US dollars in IMF funding. The IMF’s Executive Board is expected to consider both reviews […]
Youth Minister warns of parenting crisis
Minister of Youth, Charles Griffith believes there’s a crisis of parenting in this country that’s a major contributing factor to the block culture and crime. He was speaking as the House of Assembly debated and then adopted the report of the Parliamentary Select Joint Committee on the Child Justice Bill which was then passed. Mr. […]
Body found hanging
The body of a man has been found hanging at his residence at Thorne’s Gap, Lands End, St. Michael in what is believed to have been a suicide. Starcom Network News understands that the man’s body was discovered by a family member about 8 am. Friends and neighbours tell Starcom Network News they are surprised […]
Blackett defies “suspension”.
Steve Blackett is back at his desk at the Democratic Labour Party’s George Street, Belleville, St. Michael headquarters insisting he’s still General Secretary and that its business as usual at the opposition office. This follows a declaration by some members of the party’s General Council that both Mr. Blackett and the party’s President, Dr. Ronnie […]