Fatal shooting at Silver Hill
Police are on the scene of a fatal shooting at Silver Hill, Christ Church. One man reportedly died.
TWO ADDITIONAL DEATHS RECORDED ON WEDNESDAY
Two Barbadians died yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths for Wednesday, October 13, to five. A 92-year-old woman died in the afternoon while in tertiary isolation at the Queen’s College facility, where she spent eight days. She was fully vaccinated. Additionally, a 56-year-old man succumbed to the virus in the evening after spending […]
COVID-19 CLAIMS THREE MORE VICTIMS
Three more Barbadians have lost their lives to COVID-19. Two of them, a 69-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman, died yesterday while at Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility. Both were unvaccinated. The other death occurred this morning. The deceased is a 49-year-old man, who passed away after spending five days in isolation at Harrison’s Point. He […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: Death toll at 96
A 73-year-old Barbadian man is the second person to die as a result of COVID-19 today, Sunday, October 10. And, he is the sixth recent death to be recorded. He passed away this morning while in tertiary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility and was fully vaccinated. His death brings to 96, the number […]
Met Office: “no storm coming”
The Barbados Meteorological Services assures the public there is no imminent storm coming, although there are some minor weather systems affecting the island. Acting Director of the Met Department Sabu Best issued the clarification following the circulation of a viral voice note.
Covid blow to tourism
Barbados hoteliers report a significant number of cancellations and revenue loss over the past two weeks due to the surge in covid-19 cases in Barbados. This has been confirmed by Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, Geoffrey Roach, speaking this morning on the BHTA program on Voice of Barbados. He saysthe significant rise […]
Police halt protest
Police this morning broke up a small group that attempted a protest outside the Lionel C hill Supermarket on Roebuck Street. Coordinator of the Barbados Concerned Citizens Group, Winston Clarke tells Starcom Network News he was escorted to the Central Police Station after the police notified him that he was contravening the public order act. […]
BL&P seeks rate hike
Barbados Light and Power Company is applying for a rate increase. In a statement this afternoon, the now Canadian-owned BL&P disclosed that on Monday October 4 it filed an application with the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) for a Review of Electricity Rates. The statement makes the point that the application is only the second one […]
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING- WET CONDITIONS THROUGH WEEKEND
Effective 7th October 2021 3:44 pm Expires 7th October 2021 6:00 pm A severe-thunderstorm warning is issued when significant lightning activity is expected in a short period of time (generally less than 6 hours) or is already occurring within the warning area. Some lightning activity associated with scattered thunderstorms is already occurring across some […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new deaths
Barbados early this morning recorded two more covid-19 deaths, one of the victims just 36 years old. A 78-year-old woman died after spending three days in primary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, while the 36-year-old man passed away while in primary isolation at Harrison Point, where he spent 19 days. Both people had […]