Husbands house fire
A family of four is homeless after a fire at number 14 Husbands New Development, St. James. The Barbados Fire Service said they responded to the incident around 5:30 this morning with 9 fire officers and 2 water tenders, and extinguished the fire. One house was destroyed and another home was damaged in the fire. […]
Worrell is new DLP Senator
Acting President of the Democratic Labour Party, Andre Worrell, has been appointed as the new Opposition Senator. He replaces attorney at law Tricia Watson. Speaking after being sworn in this morning at State House by acting President Dr. Jeffery Gibson, Mr. Worrell said he is eager to work alongside the opposition leader in the interest […]
BWA boss quits
The acting CEO of the Barbados Water Authority, Keith Roy-Halliday has quit. In a memo to BWA staff today, Mr. Halliday, who has been the General Manager of the BWA for several years before being appointed to act as CEO announced that he had made what he called the difficult decision to resign from the […]
Motorist shot dead at Gall Hill
Barbados today recorded its 33rd homicide for the year so far when a man was shot dead around 9:30 a.m. while he was driving a car along the road at Gall Hill, Christ Church. This is just the latest incident in a recent resurgence of gun violence in Barbados with several of those shootings occurring […]