BSTU again objects to MOE holding meetings
Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw, this morning held the second in a series of meetings with school teachers and principals about COVID-19 protocols for the new school year due to start next month. Ms. Bradshaw and other government officials met yesterday with secondary school teachers and today it was the turn of those from the […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: One new case, seven recoveries
Seven people will leave the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, today, after recovering from COVID-19, and one new patient has entered the facility. The 29-year-old British visitor, who tested positive yesterday, is a known contact of another British visitor who was diagnosed with the viral illness on August 20. There are now 165 […]
Body found in a burnt-out car
Police, acting on a tip from an anonymous caller this morning found a body in a burnt-out car at Ashford, St. John. Police Public Relations Officer Inspector (ag) Rodney Inniss says the call came in at about 9 30am. Missing is David Omar Thompson of Mount Standfast, Saint James. The police say he is about […]
Transport Board investigating bus crash
The Transport Board is investigating an incident where one of its buses lost its rear axle last night and ran off the road and crashed into a guard wall. There were reportedly passengers on board. The incident happened at prospect, St. James. An ambulance responded to the scene but no injuries were reported.
Man arrested after car chase
A man who had been wanted for a string of burglaries is in custody after being held following a car chase on Sunday night. LeRoss Burnett, a suspect well-known to the police was spotted by police just before 9 pm near the old Globe cinema. The police pursued the suspect who damaged two police vehicles […]
St. Michael fitness gym robbed
The police are searching for two men who staged a robbery at a St. Michael fitness gym this morning. The police say that around 7 35 am, two masked men, entered Unique Fitness Gym at Yearwood Road, Black Rock, and robbed the owner of his cell phone, cash and jewellery. The thieves also stole some […]
Welcome Stamp gaining traction
Government’s Welcome Stamp Initiative is gaining traction with almost 900 foreign applicants approved by the Immigration Department to work remotely from Barbados for up to a year. Home Affairs Minister, Wilfred Abrahams says there were 1,079 applications – 764 individuals and 315 families, coming mainly from the US, UK, Canada, Nigeria, and India. He told […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: THREE NEW CASES
Three visitors, two Brits and a Colombian, are the latest COVID-19-positive cases in Barbados. The British, a five-year-old male and a 38-year-old male, are known contacts of an earlier case confirmed on August 18. They tested positive yesterday and were transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. The 31-year-old male Colombian visitor […]
Orlando Marville passes
One of Barbados’ former long-serving diplomats Rashid Orlando Marville passed away over the weekend. He last served in Brussels from 1987 to 1991 but also served in the mission to Washington. The former diplomat and senator was also an activist and headed up the Universal Periodic report on Human Rights for Barbados. Marville was made […]
BSTU not onboard with Ministry of Education meeting
The Barbados Secondary Schools Teachers Union (BSTU) has described as disrespectful, the unilateral decision by the Ministry of Education to alter a consultation process that was agreed to. Minister Santia Bradshaw on Friday said she planned to meet teachers at the Garfield Sobers Complex tomorrow, but both the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) and the […]