Vigilante justice a concern
A UWI professor is warning that vigilante justice must be confronted to prevent an escalation of violence in this country. Professor Corin Bailey, Director of the Center for Criminal Justice and Security at the University of the West Indies remarks follows the country’s latest homicide, where a man was reportedly beaten to death by a […]
Barbados has recorded yet another homicide
A man has been killed at Jackson Tenantry Road, St. Michael. The victim is said to be Pedro Caddle. He died at the scene in a track between several houses. Our Vonado Corbin is on the scene.
Shooting victim dies
Barbados has recorded another fatal shooting. Starcom Network News has learned that the man who was shot Thursday night at Weeke’s Land, Goodland, St. Michael, near Deacons, has died in hospital. The shooting victim succumbed to his injuries Friday evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He had been shot multiple times by an attacker but […]
A man injured in a shooting last night
A man has been hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting last night. Starcom Network News understands the shooting happened at Deacons Court, St. Michael. The victim was said to have been shot in the right side. The injured man was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a private motor vehicle.
PM urges B’dians to invest more
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called on Barbadians to invest more. She was speaking at the official groundbreaking ceremony for West Beach Barbados, a 24 unit condominium project at Road View, St. Peter that will cost approximately 23 million dollars. Miss Mottley believes Barbadians must be prepared to take more risks to help build out […]
Price check app launched
Minister of Energy and Business Senator Lisa Cummins has announced a new app called price check to help consumers find the best prices at various supermarkets. The app allows users to compare prices for several items across different supermarket chains. Speaking this morning during a news briefing to launch the price monitoring app, Senator Cummins […]
Alarm over B’dos’ “NCD crisis”
Health Minister Dr. Jerome Walcott is concerned about what he calls the alarming rate of cancer and non-communicable diseases terming it a crisis and urges the public to pay careful attention to their health. He was speaking as Sagicor launched a health screening program, “Sagicor Cares”, a major national initiative to assist in the battle […]
Govt strengthening cyber-security in response to BRA breach
Government says significant work has been done to contain the cyber-security breach at the Barbados Revenue Authority and it is strengthening the overall cyber security infrastructure of the public sector. This has been disclosed by Minister of Industry Innovation, Science and Technology, Marsha Caddle, in an update on the cyber-attack. She disclosed that an incident […]
Bico stalemate
Workers at the Bico factory at the Harbour Road St. Michael remained off the job for a second consecutive day after negotiations with the company failed to produce an agreement. Officials from the Barbados Workers Union and Management of Bico met for six hours at the Labour Department last evening under the Chairmanship of the […]
Another alleged car thief charged
The police have made yet another in a series of arrests of alleged car thieves. The latest man to be charged is thirty-year-old, Gary Williams, of Stuart Lodge, Tweedside Road, St. Michael. He is accused of handling a stolen motor car between June 27th and September 23rd. Williams appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes, at […]