Payments to fisherfolk extended
This country’s fisher-folk are to get business interruption benefits for a further three months. This has been announced by Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, the Green and Blue Economy, Adrian Forde. He tells Starcom Network News cabinet yesterday approved the additional payments for boat-owners and their crews whose livelihoods were disrupted by Hurricane […]
Chinese rocket debris causes scare
Strange lights seen streaking across the sky last night over Barbados have been identified as debris from a Chinese rocket. President of the Barbados Astronomical Society, David Marshall told Starcom Network News that the lights were caused by the re-entry of a rocket launched by China. He said the debris was first spotted over Puerto […]
B’dos police get armored vehicle
The Barbados Police Service now has an armored vehicle to help in its crime fight. Well-placed sources confirm that the armored vehicle arrived in the island this week for the use of the police. Those sources explained that the police sometimes conduct very dangerous operations and have been fired on in some cases. They said […]