PM: No mandatory vaccination
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says government is against mandatory covid-19 vaccination. Ms. Mottley said discussions at the Social Partnership level will continue on the matter next week. Speaking during an address to the nation this afternoon the Prime Minister called on Barbadians not to drop their guard against the virus. Key points PM Mottley […]
Seven people injured in accident at Worthing
Seven people have been injured in a ZR crash along Worthing Road, Christ Church. The accident happened about 6 45 pm The route taxi that was travelling away from the city collided with a motor car before crashing into a guard wall. The driver of the car who was not injured claimed that the collision […]
Fatal accident in St. Andrew
A Sanitation Service Authority driver has been killed in a collision in St. Andrew this afternoon. The accident occurred about 3 10 pm at Cleland Hill which is at the bottom of Farley Hill. Reports indicate the SSA truck was traveling downhill when the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle which collided with an […]
Low turnout for NUPW elections
Members of The National Union of Public Worker are today voting to elect a new executive. Fabian Jones and Kim Archer are the two candidates vying to head this country’s largest public sector union. At the weekend the incumbent Akanni McDowell announced he would not be contesting this election, claiming that he would not be […]
Concern over Covid-19 clusters
This country’s health authorities are monitoring about ten covid-19 clusters amidst a spike in cases here. They appeal to the public to adhere to protocols and urge companies to tighten up on their internal procedures. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, was speaking to Starcom Network News against the background of about a hundred new […]
Acting PM: No forced jabs
Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw has again stressed that government has no intention of forcing people to get vaccinated even as she expressed her concerns about people failing to get inoculated. Ms. Bradshaw speaking at the third in a series of government organised town hall meetings on vaccination, referred to covid-19 spikes overseas and worried […]
Nelson Street man charged for killing two women
Police have arrested and formally charged 29-year-old Demetrico Ricardo Layne of Grahams Alley Nelson Street, St. Michael for the murders of Olivia Carter and Odith Henriques . The nude body of 30-year-old Olivia Cecilia Carter formaly of Princess Royal Avenue, Pinelands, St Michael, was as discovered at approximately ten minutes to six on the morning […]
Suspected suicide at Ruby Park, St. Philip
There has been yet another apparent suicide. In the early hours of this morning, police were at the scene In Ruby Park St. Philip, the residence of a 39-year-old mother who was discovered dead, hanging from a rope attached to the rafter of the garage roof. Investigations are ongoing.
Hewitt’s constituency bid officially rejected
The Democratic Labour party is said to have officially rebuffed the request from Reverend Guy Hewitt to be named the party’s candidate for the Christ Church East Central constituency in the next general election. Usually reliable party sources tell Starcom Network News that the DLP’s general council, the highest decision-making body of the party, last […]
Police probing unnatural death
Police from Oistins Police Station are investigating an unnatural death which was reported about 10 20 am on Wednesday 11th August 2021 at Apartment #2, Nelson, Maxwell Main Road, Christ Church. Police arrived at the residence to confirm the lifeless body of an adult male on the bed in the bedroom of the said apartment. […]