Resident’s effort to save elderly man from fire in vain
The heroic efforts of a passer-by were unable to save an elderly man who perished in a blaze at Kew Road, Bank Hall, St. Michael last night. Seventy-six-year-old Eric Fenty died when his wood and concrete home went up in flames around 11 20 pm. Fabian McDonald told Starcom Network News that he was passing […]
Missing Woman – Wilma Lenora Jones
The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking your assistance in locating a missing woman. She is Wilma Lenora Jones 75 years of Syndicate Road, Bush Hall, St. Michael. Description: She is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, slim built and dark complexion. She has short dark brown hair and grey eyebrows; she also has moles on […]
Bus fare to increase
Barbadians have been told bus fares will increase. However, Minister of Transport, Works and Maintenance Dr William Duguid says the government has not yet decided what that cost will be. Outlining his ministry’s plans for the next financial year in Parliament during the estimates debate last evening, the minister revealed they were exploring their options […]
Classes back at Blackman and Gollop
Classes resume at the Blackman and Gollop Primary this morning. This follows a major cow-itch eradication exercise at the Staple Grove Christ Church School on Saturday and Sunday. The Ministry of Education had closed the closed yesterday to facilitate industrial cleaning of the premises yesterday.
Elderly man dies in Fire
The Bank Hall St Michael community is this morning still in shock after a late night fire claimed the life of one of its residents. Seventy six year old Eric Fenty died in a blaze the consumed his wood and wall home around 11:20 pm, despite efforts to save him. Police say a passer-by had seen […]
The estimates debate gets underway in the Barbados House of Assembly with a radically new format
The revamped estimates debate got underway in the Barbados House of Assembly Monday morning with a radically new format that places it under the standing committee on finance and limits ministers’ initial presentations and the opposition leader’s response to ten minutes only followed by the minister and his technocrats, sitting in the center of chamber, […]
Two houses destroyed in a fire at the Crane, St. Phillip.
Two houses have been destroyed in blaze Monday morning at the Crane, St. Phillip. A resident, on the phone, described the scene. A resident at the scene of the fire at the Crane, St. Phillip.
Man shot by police
A man has been taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after he was shot by police Sunday afternoon. Police Public Relation Officer, Inspector Rodney Inniss confirmed the incident to Starcom Network News. It is understood that, at the time of the incident, lawmen were conducting an operation at 2nd Avenue Green Hill St Michael. (RG)
Barbados records another shooting death
A 22-year-old St George man is the island’s 11th homicide for the year. He is Graham Norville who was gunned down at Rock Hall, near Taitt Hill, St. George on Saturday morning. His body was identified at the scene by relatives who told Starcom Network News he lived between his parent home in the […]
New effort to break overtime deadlock at the SSA.
A further effort is to be made next week to break a deadlock in talks between the Sanitation Service Authority and the National Union of Public Workers, over the state agency’s plans to eliminate overtime for weekend work. Since last year the SSA has been trying to persuade its workers, through their representative the NUPW, […]