Starcom GM assumes CBU Presidency
The General Manager of Starcom Network Incorporated, Anthony Greene has been appointed as the new President of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU). This is a significant milestone for the country’s media fraternity as Barbados is set to host the prestigious CBU awards next year. Mr. Greene assumed his role on October 1st following the resignation […]
Stabbing in domestic dispute
A St. Michael woman remains hospitalized after being stabbed in the stomach last night during a domestic dispute while her Jamaican boyfriend is in police custody. The incident happened just before 8 30 p.m. at the couple’s residence at 1st Avenue, Goodland, St. Michael. The police received a report about 8:25 p.m. that a stabbing […]
Stabbing victim hospitalized/alleged assailant arrested
Starcom Network News understands that a woman has been hospitalized and her alleged attacker taken into police custody after a stabbing at 1st Avenue, Goodland, St. Michael last night. The police are said to have received a report about 8:25 p.m. that a stabbing had occurred and responded to the location where they found a […]
Cutlass scare at Deighton Griffith
An apparently angered student of the Deighton Griffith Secondary School today grabbed a cutlass from a work shed but was disarmed by another school boy. A member of the school staff was slightly injured in the attempt to disarm the upset student. The police were called in and concerned parents turned up at the school […]
Govt confirms BRA data breach/hack limited to vehicle registration system.
Government has confirmed a data breach at the Barbados Revenue Authority but says it’s limited to the vehicle registration system. Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Marsha Caddle, says steps are being taken to ensure there is no further breach of the BRA’s systems. Meantime, the BRA has taken its vehicle registration portal offline […]
BRA probes alleged hack/takes vehicle regulation portal offline
The Barbados Revenue Authority has taken its vehicle registration portal offline in response to an allegedly hack as it notes that some vehicle registration application information is being circulated online. The BRA’s Communications Manager Carolyn Williams-Gayle says the BRA, along with the police and other agencies, are investigating the alleged data breach. The BRA’S Communications […]
Lost hikers rescued by BFS/BPS
Last night The Barbados Fire Service and the police located and rescued two lost and disoriented hikers in St. Lucy. The two men had apparently lost their bearings in the dark while in a remote area of the rural northern parish. Fearful of moving around further in the dark and unfamiliar conditions and possibly falling […]
Rains cause produce shortage
Heavy rainfall over the last several weeks has significantly affected food crop production that has led to a shortage of some local produce on the shelves of some supermarkets. Owner of Philips Trading and Farming Services Junior Phillips tells Starcom Network News a number of fields which produce crops such as sweet potatoes and tomatoes, […]
Husband of murdered prison officer put in segregation at Dodds Prison
A St. Philip man has been remanded to Dodds Prison, on charges of murdering his prison officer wife, but ordered kept in segregation for his protection. Seventy four year old Whitfield Thomas of Emerald Park West St. Philip, was not allowed to plead to the indictable charge of murdering his wife 52-year-old Daphne Thomas, who […]
Stolen car crashes/alleged car thief arrested
A number of people have been injured and an alleged car thief is in police custody after a stolen car crashed into another vehicle in St. Thomas in the early hours of this morning. In the latest of a recent series of car thefts largely targeting Toyota motor cars, a resident of Kings Street in […]