Double Fatality Victims Identified
Barbados latest road fatality victims have been identified. They are 39 year old Tammi Bryant of Vaucluse Tenantry, Hanpond, St. Thomas and 37 year old Akeem Ricardo Hunte of St. Judes, St. George. Earlier today, authorities from the Hastings/ Worthing Police were dispatched to the scene of yet another tragic accident at the intersection of […]
Double road fatality
Barbados has recorded a double road fatality, the fourth and fifth such fatalities in four days. Two passengers in a car, a female and a male, died when the vehicle in which they were traveling, a gold colored Toyota Corolla, crashed along Hastings main road in Christ Church about 3 30 this morning. The vehicle […]
No extension of tax filing deadline
There’s been a rush of people seeking to file their taxes on the last day for doing so as many appeal for an extension of the deadline but the Barbados Revenue Authority makes clear there will be none. Long lines of people queued outside BRA’s Bridge Street, Bridgetown office all day, many expressing their frustration […]
Economic rebound continues
The Barbados Central Bank reports the economy grew by 4.1 percent in the first quarter of the year driven by what the Governor Dr. Kevin Greenidge describes as an extraordinary performance by the tourism sector. This is the twelfth consecutive quarter of economic growth as the Barbados economy showed a consistent upward trajectory over the […]
Hit and Run Concern
Following an unprecedented three road fatalities in three days, two of them hit and run, the police and the road safety association are appealing to motorists to be more careful, and are worried about the hit and run trend. Meanwhile, the motor insurance sector wants a crackdown on unlicensed and uninsured drivers and vehicles. This […]
Third road fatality in three days
Barbados has recorded its third road fatality and second hit and run in three days. The deceased has been identified as 75 year old Ainsley Bradshaw of Kings Court, Lodge Road, Christ Church, who is the victim in the 6th fatal road traffic collision of 2024. The police say officers from the Oistins station were […]
Road Fatality #5 for the year
A Christ Church man is Barbados’ 5th road fatality for the year, the second road fatality in just a few days. Twenty nine year old RASHEED AUSTIN of number 14 Seagrape Coverly Villages, Christ Church was killed when he was ejected from a vehicle which crashed on the ABC Highway at its junction with Balls […]
Jockey seriously injured; 2 horses put down after racing incident
A jockey has been injured and two horses had to be put down after an incident during Saturday’s racing at the Garrison Savannah. The incident happened sometime after 4 p.m. during race seven of the eight-race schedule at the Garrison Savannah. Starcom Network News understands that jockey Anderson Trotman’s horse stumbled and fell causing another […]
Shooting in Bayland
A man has been injured in a shooting at Bayview Avenue, Bayland, St. Michael. Starcom Network News understands the victim was shot in the left elbow and was taken to hospital in a private vehicle. Residents reported hearing several gunshots.
Fatal hit and run
A St. Philip man is this country’s 4th road fatality for the year. The police say they were informed via a telephone call to their our Operations Control Room of the discovery of a deceased male body along the carriageway of Long Bay main road, St. Philip about 40 meters away from the Salvation Army […]