COVID-19 UPDATE : Two males test positive for COVID-19
Barbados has recorded two more cases of COVID-19, a non-national and a Barbadian who arrived on separate British Airways flights a week apart. The new positives were out of the 205 tests conducted yesterday. The cases are a 37-year-old male visitor, who arrived on a British Airways flight on August 11, and tested positive after […]
Private schools dominate 11-plus
A student of St. Gabriel’s School is this year’s top performer in the Barbados Secondary School’s Entrance Exam (BSSEE), with the private schools again producing a significant number of the top students. The island’s top female performer, Ayobami Leon-Barker says the COVID-19 protocols strengthened her performance in the exam. Principal of St. Cyprians’ Boys, […]
UPDATE: Police probe fatal shooting
Police are on the hunt for a gunman who shot a man dead at a shop at Bath Land, St. John today. Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector (ag) Rodney Inniss, tells Starcom Network News the victim was shot multiple times.
COVID-19 UPDATE: New case
A visitor to the island tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test for the viral illness yesterday. The 29-year-old man, from the United States, was in quarantine up to yesterday when he was retested, five days after his initial negative PCR test on August 12. He has now been transferred to isolation at Harrison […]
Teens sorry for slapping homeless
Two teenagers who were caught on social media bullying a number of homeless men in Bridgetown will serve community service until school restarts. It’s part of the punishment agreed to be given to, both 13 years old, by the Juvenile Liason Scheme, the Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness, and the parents of the boys. Earlier […]
Better compliance by businesses, says COVID-19 Monitoring Unit Chief
Director of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit, Ronald Chapman says it has been observing a higher level of compliance with the health and safety protocols from businesses across Barbados. Meantime, the Cove Nightclub in St. Lawrence Gap was one of those businesses closed by the Unit at the weekend. General Manager, Justin Sobers admits that they […]
flash-flood warning remains in effect
A flash-flood warning remains in effect for Barbados. A flash-flood warning is issued when flooding due to heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time (generally less than 6 hours) is occurring or is imminent in the warning area. Some sections of Barbados have recorded almost 2 inches (50 mm) of rainfall throughout […]
Acting General Manager of the National Housing Corporation, passes
Acting General Manager of the National Housing Corporation, Garvey Alleyne has died. He passed away yesterday afternoon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after a brief illness. Alleyne, 59, spent his entire working career at the NHC where he had risen through the ranks to become deputy general manager. He is survived by a wife, son […]
Missing Teen
The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating Zakayla Jacintha Jazmine Seale, 13 years old of Sherbourne #1, St. John. She was reported missing by her mother Akila Billingy on Sunday the 16th of August 2020 after she left the residence about 2:05 pm and did not return home. […]
Two more bars closed by COVID-19 Monitoring Unit
Officers from the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit inspected bars and nightclubs across the island last night and into this morning, closing two and warning three for infractions related to the COVID-19 protocols. Director of the Unit, Ronald Chapman, reported that, accompanied by police officers from Hastings Police Station, the Unit closed two Christ Church establishments, the […]