B’dos’ PM Mottley seeks climate talks with US President-elect Trump

Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has reportedly invited US President-elect Donald Trump to a face-to-face meeting where she would seek “common ground” and persuade him that climate action is in his own interests. That’s according to the UK’s Guardian Newspaper which describes Miss Mottley as the climate-championing prime minister who has been an electrifying presence […]

St. Philip shooting victim dies

Barbados has recorded another homicide with the death this morning of a man who was shot last Thursday at Farm Road, St. Philip. The deceased is 56-year-old Lyndon Brathwaite of Ealing Park, Christ Church, a former employee of the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, CBC. He had been hospitalized in a comatose state after being shot […]

Police probe death of homeless man

An autopsy was due to be conducted today on the body of a homeless man who died recently at the Queen Elizabeth, amidst reports he suffered fatal injuries when he was attacked and beaten by a group of men at an area in the city. Starcom Network News understands the man went to the Queen […]

Sheraton shooters charged

Two men have been charged in connection with the November 2nd shootings at Sheraton Center, Sargeant’s Village and Silver Sands, Christ Church, in which four people were injured. Police Commissioner had announced that two masked men on a motorcycle were responsible and were taken into custody shortly after. The accused are 19-year-old Roshawn Kangal of […]

Cyber-breach at BSS

Yet another government agency has been hit by a cyber-attack. The Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) confirms that they recently experienced what they call a cyber incident. This follows a similar cyber-breach at the Barbados Revenue Authority. The BSS says in a statement that ongoing investigations suggest that the systems of the BSS were breached on […]