CBC contract workers get delayed July pay averting possible industrial action

Some of the scores of contract workers at the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation have started to receive their delayed July salaries, averting what they say was possible industrial action. A statement forwarded to Starcom Network News on behalf of some of the contract employees of the government-operated radio and TV station says that a shutdown […]

Fuel leak forces closure of Petrol Station

The Rubis petrol station at Oistins, Christ Church, was closed, evacuated and cordoned off today due to the smell of gas in the area. Fire service personnel as well as Rubis engineers carried out investigations to determine the source of the problem. Fire Service acting Station Officer, Tony Scanterbury, briefed Starcom Network News at the […]

No need to panic, says BAMP

The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners, BAMP, stresses that there are currently no cases of Monkey Pox in Barbados and says there’s no need for panic. However, BAMP’s President Dr. Lynda Williams urges the public to stay alert and monitor official sources. Yesterday, the Ministry of Health disclosed that there have been two m-pox cases […]

Silver Hill gun terror

There is a sense of terror on a Silver Hill, Christ Church housing block today after a masked man dressed in black sprayed two residences with a barrage of gunfire last night wounding a twelve-year-old girl and sending other youngsters scampering for safety and fearing for their lives. When Starcom Network News visited the scene […]