“Alf” back home/incident blown out of proportion, says passenger
Well-known Barbadian Carl “Alf” Padmore is back home following his ordeal over the weekend where he was ordered off an Air Canada flight at Toronto International Airport. During the incident that was captured in a viral video, Mr. Padmore, the Public Relations Officer at the Barbados Sanitation Service Authority, loudly protested his being ordered to […]
Close call for truck driver
A female truck driver is recovering from injuries suffered when she leapt from the vehicle she was driving just before it crashed while travelling down Horse Hill, St. Joseph on Saturday afternoon. The precise cause of the crash is still under investigation. However, some initial reports indicated that the truck was heading down the steep […]
Archives Department extensively damaged in blaze
The Barbados Archives Department has been extensively damaged in a blaze that gutted one of the buildings overnight. The fire at the Black Rock facility is believed to have started around midnight So devastating has been the loss that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Officer, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, who has responsibility for the department, […]
Wesley Hall Juniors sickout into day two
Wesley Hall Junior School has been forced to close for a second successive day after the majority of teachers again called in sick. This was confirmed by President of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Rudy Lovell who added that any further update will have to come from the Ministry of Education. When Starcom Network News […]
“Alf” returns
Well-known Barbadian Carl “Alf” Padmore is back home following his ordeal over the weekend where he was ordered off an Air Canada flight at Toronto International Airport. During the incident that was captured in a viral video, Mr. Padmore, the Public Relations Officer at the Barbados Sanitation Service Authority, loudly protested his being ordered to […]