Fatal shooting at Black Rock
A man has been shot dead at Black Rock, St. Michael. Starcom Network News understands the shooting occurred at Clevedale Road. This is the latest incident in a troubling resurgence of gun violence.
Shooting at Kendal Hill
A man has been injured in a shooting at Kendal Hill, Christ Church. Police and Ambulance Service personnel responded to the scene of the shooting that occurred just before 8 p.m. One man was shot in the arm. Starcom Network News understands a car drove into a track near a supermarket in the area, and […]
Truck crash
A truck driver suffered injuries when the flatbed truck he was driving collided head-on with a construction company dump truck at Lears, St. Michael today. The accident happened around 3:30 PM. The driver of the mangled flatbed truck had to be freed from the vehicle. He suffered various injuries, none of which was considered to […]
Driver dead at scene of overturned car
The police are at the scene of what at this stage is being treated as a fatal accident, even though Starcom Network News understands the exact circumstances remain under investigation. It was a single-vehicle accident at Six Roads, St. Philip where a car went out of control, hit a side walk and overturned. Starcom Network […]
Fatal fight at Psychiatric Hospital
A fifty year old patient of the Psychiatric Hospital is dead following an altercation between two inmates of the facility. The deceased is a 50 year old man who had been an inmate at the Black Rock, St. Michael institution the past three years. Starcom Network News understands that the now deceased and a 37 […]
Opposition leader announces change to his Senate team
Opposition leader Ralph Thorne has announced that he is making a change to his Senate team. He has told the attendees at the Sunday session of the Democratic Labour Party’s annual conference that from next month a new senator will join Ryan Walters on the Opposition Senate team in the Upper Chamber. He made the […]
Some DLP members locked out of annual conference
Some members of the Democratic Labour Party have been denied entry to the party headquarters on day three of the DLP annual conference. Those denied entry included Dr. Ronnie Yearwood and Steve Blackett whose supporters yesterday attempted to reverse their expulsion from the party. Starcom Network News understands there was a list of names at […]
Well rescue
A man has been rescued from a 40-foot well at Long Bay St. Philip.Divisional Officer Tremelle Perch said the Barbados Fire Service received a call around 3 p.m. about a man falling into a well.They responded and were able to rescue the man who suffered minor injuries. Divisional Officer with Barbados Fire Service, Tremelle Perch
DLP “reinstatement” divide
A vote was taken today at the Democratic Labour Party’s annual conference to reinstate Dr. Ronnie Yearwood as President and Steve Blackett as General Secretary of the Opposition party, but Opposition leader Ralph Thorne and acting General Secretary Pedro Shepherd are insisting there has been no reinstatement. The contentious situation played out today when the […]
CBC contract workers get delayed July pay averting possible industrial action
Some of the scores of contract workers at the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation have started to receive their delayed July salaries, averting what they say was possible industrial action. A statement forwarded to Starcom Network News on behalf of some of the contract employees of the government-operated radio and TV station says that a shutdown […]