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BiMPay worked ‘99.8% of time’

BiMPay was not introduced before it was ready. Central Bank Governor Dr The Most Honourable Kevin Greenidge made that clear yesterday as he acknowledged a challenging first month for the...

‘I was on cocaine and wanted something to eat’

The pre-sentencing report is still outstanding and, as a result, Robert Ricardo Neblett had his matter adjourned when...

Update: Bank Hall man identified as latest shooting victim

Twenty-one-year-old Cammeron Ifill of Pasture Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, has been identified as the victim of a...

Disabled jobless rate ‘a crisis’

The high unemployment rate among people with disabilities is not just a social issue but a national development...

Nicholls: Govt to study how freedom of information works in region

Government should soon start conducting research into how well freedom of information legislation is working in the region. After...

24 bands for Junior Kadoo

Twenty-four bands will take the stage when the Sandy Lane Charitable Trust & Affinity Plus Junior Kadooment takes place at the National Botanical Gardens...

WANTED: Ian Alleyne Farrell

Ian Alleyne Farrell, alias ‘Cheese’, ‘Tallman’ or ‘Mafia’, is wanted by police for questioning in connection with serious criminal matters.  Farrell, whose last known address...

Man escapes from Central Police Station

Police have launched a hunt for a prisoner who escaped from Central Police Station around 9:10 a.m. today. Kadeem Tristen Otay Dolcy, 34 years, of...

Commissioner Boyce outlines vision for the Barbados Police Service

Newly installed Commissioner of Police Sonia Boyce has outlined her vision for a modern, community-centred police service during her first official address to members...

‘No new cases’ of scarlet fever

Chief Medical Officer Dr The Most Honourable Kenneth George says there have been no new cases of scarlet fever, chicken pox or monkeypox in...

AOPT questions electric bus delay

The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) is questioning Government over its seeming inability to allow the association’s members to import disabled-friendly electric public...