St. Joseph blaze leaves 3 homeless

Three people are homeless after their house was destroyed by fire at Lammings St. Joseph.Station Officer Damian Bayne said that the Barbados Fire Service received a call about the house fire around 5:00 pm on Thursday.He added that they were able to bring the fire under control and no one was injured in the incident. […]

Shooting shock at Belleplaine

Residents of Belleplaine, St. Andrew have been left shaken by last night’s fatal shooting there,  Barbados’ 17th homicide for the year so far and the 5th shooting death in the last two weeks. The body of 20 year old Seth Batson of Layne’s Road, Brittons Hill, was discovered at the Belleplaine playing field just before […]

Staff absent at St. Giles

Classes were back to normal today at Wesley Hall Junior School following sickouts earlier this week as industrial action spread to another primary school, St. Giles. First Vice President of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Juliane Pierre, tells Starcom Network News remedial work at Wesley Hall Junior is to commence tomorrow. And while he awaits […]

Fatal Shooting

Barbados has recorded yet another shooting death, homicide number 17 for this year. The police say a 20 year old St. Michael man has been shot dead at Belleplaine, St. Andrew. The incident was reported to the policeoperations control room at about 11:45 last night. The body of the man was subsequently discovered on a […]