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Update: Pinelands shooting victim identified

Police have identified the victim in Friday morning's fatal shooting at Martins Road, Pinelands, St Michael, as 30-year-old Darius Anthony Perch of Maple Path, Pinelands. According to police, Perch was...

6.0 earthquake felt south of Barbados

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake was recorded south of Barbados on Saturday afternoon, according to the University of the...

BLPC gets approval to recover rental cost

Barbadians can expect higher electricity bills after the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) approved an application by the Barbados...

Richards lawsuit put back to July

The case in which former judge Dr Sonia Richards is suing the Government has been adjourned until July. In...

Govt sending clear message with proposed gang prevention legislation

Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams declared that gangs do exist in Barbados and warned that anyone who joins, assists,...

Ellersie School closed for COVID contact tracing

The Ellerslie School will be closed for the next 14 days after a 15-year-old student there tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The fifth-former is among...

Six new cases of COVID-19

Six members of a family are in isolation with COVID-19 but, said Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic, there is no community spread. Among the infected...

Two Ministers holding media conferences

Both the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education will be hosting media conferences this evening. Health Minister Jeffrey Bostic will hold his briefing...

Fogging Schedule October 5 to 9, 2020

The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues its fogging exercise this week in Christ Church, St Thomas and St...

Magistrate raps slow wheels of justice

District ‘A’ Court Magistrate Graveney Bannister is again lamenting the slow pace of prosecutions in the court system, charging that the sometimes-avoidable delays were...

Killer goes back to Psychiatric Hospital

It will be back to the Psychiatric Hospital for self-confessed killer Emmerson Alexander Hurdle as the No. 2 Supreme Court prepares to sentence him...