Derick David Rudolph Crawford is in custody and assisting police with investigations into serious criminal matters.
Crawford, whose last known address was #12 Lakes Close, Eden Lodge, St Michael, was the subject of a ‘Wanted Man’ notice issued on January 6, 2026.
He was brought into custody yesterday. (PR/SAT)
Livardo Rogelio Hinds was remanded to Dodds Prison when he appeared before Magistrate Keitha Ellis in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Hinds 35, alias ‘Shots’ of Durants, Lodge Road, Christ Church, was charged with possession of a firearm and 16 rounds of ammunition, both alleged to have occurred on April 28, as well as two counts of absconding on February 2 and March 12.
He was the subject of a warrant of arrest issued earlier this year and was found guilty (in absentia) of the of the February 2, 2017 murder of Michael Omar Edwards after he failed to appear before Justice Carlisle Greaves in the No. 3 Supreme Court.
Hinds was not required to plead to the indictable offences and was remanded to reappear on Friday May 22, 2026. (PR/SAT)
Barbadian athlete Maya Rollins won the women’s 100-metre hurdles at the Hill City Twilight meet in the United States over the weekend.
Competing for the University of Virginia at the University of Lynchburg, the 19-year-old won the event in a season’s best time of 13.32 seconds – a time that ranks No. 6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season.
With a wind legal time, the Pan American Games silver medallist also bettered her Virginia No. 3 alltime mark.
As some of Rollin’s teammates etched their names in the history books for the University of Virginia – with Kate Payne winning the 3 000 metres in 10:30.27 minutes and Gary Martin triumphant in the men’s 1500 metres in 3:34.12 minutes – Rollins made sure she was not left out.
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There has been a shooting in the vicinity of the Eden Lodge Day Nursery, Eden Lodge, St Michael.
Details are sketchy and it is not clear at this time if anyone was injured.
Some parents have collected their children.
Police are on the scene conducting investigations.
More details as they come.
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A resident of Eden Lodge, St Michael, who did not want to go on camera, is calling on Government to do something about the gun violence in the wake of a shooting incident in the vicinity of the nursery school in the community.
General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Toni Moore says their next major battle will be to push beyond the recently established minimum wage towards securing a true living wage for Barbadian workers.
Delivering the feature address during a ceremony to lay a 15-year time capsule at the union’s Solidarity House, headquarters, she paused at several points as she reflected on the struggles of workers and the unfinished business of the labour movement.
“We have done well so far to establish a minimum wage, but the fight for a true living wage . . . . This capsule will hold that unfinished task,” she said, her voice quivering as she spoke of the responsibility to future generations.
The ceremony, marking the BWU’s 85th anniversary, saw union leaders, members and invited guests gather for what Moore described as “an act of faith” in the future of workers and the organisation itself.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it believes there may have been human-to-human transmission of hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship where three passengers have died.
The virus is usually spread from rodents, but the WHO said in this instance it could have been spread among “really close contacts” onboard the MV Hondius vessel, before stressing that such transmission was rare and the risk to the public was low.
“Some people on the ship were couples, they were sharing rooms, so that’s quite intimate contact,” WHO official Dr Maria Van Kerkhove said.
The WHO suspects that the first person to fall ill could have contracted the virus before boarding the ship, Van Kerkhove said.
Two of the passengers who died were a Dutch married. The wife is confirmed to have had the virus.
One other passenger, a 69-year-old UK national who was evacuated to South Africa for medical treatment, is also confirmed to have the virus.
Hantavirus has not been confirmed in the Dutch woman’s husband or the other deceased passenger – a German national who passed away on May 2.
Testing is taking place for other passengers and crew members who are displaying symptoms.
The MV Hondius ship set sail from Argentina to start its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around a month ago. It is currently anchored near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. (BBC)
The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the appeal brought by Atsu Kehinde Tese Jones.
President of the Court, Justice of Appeal Francis Belle, said the panel will be using the decision to reiterate that sentencing was “not just a mathematical process”.
“I think maybe that we shall write a few lines on the issue as an opportunity to remind persons about what sentencing is all about, how it is done and the fact that it is not just a mathematical process,” he said.
“Those statements have to be restated every now and again to remind everyone how it has to be approached. We can make nonsense of the process if we just continue to look at how to take off a year here, or add a year there.”
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HONG KONG – A blast at a fireworks factory in China has killed at least 26 people and injured 61, flattening buildings and sending towering clouds of smoke into the sky, and prompting President Xi Jinping to order a thorough investigation, state media reported on Tuesday.
More than 1 500 firefighters, rescuers, medical personnel and police were deployed, together with drones and three robots, to search for survivors and control on-site hazards after the explosion on Monday at a factory compound in Liuyang, the city in central Hunan province known as China’s fireworks capital.
Authorities evacuated surrounding areas because of the risk from highly combustible black powder stored in two warehouses in the complex, Xinhua reported.
The explosion happened at around 4:40 p.m. (0840 GMT) at Huasheng Fireworks Manufacturing and Display Company, according to reports by Xinhua and CCTV.
Social media footage showed smoke billowing up into clear blue skies against a backdrop of lush, green mountains. Reuters verified the location in the footage, which was posted on social media on May 4, as Changsha, the Hunan provincial capital which is responsible for the administration of Liuyang.
A Hunan Satellite TV reporter at the scene said the area had been razed to the ground, with trees uprooted by shock waves from the blasts, and there was a strong smell of gunpowder in the air.
Xinhua video showed thick clouds of black and grey smoke rising from a large site littered with collapsed buildings and debris.
China is no stranger to fireworks and industrial accidents. In June last year, an explosion at a fireworks factory also in Hunan province killed nine people and injured 26.
Weeks before an explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China killed at least five people, highlighting the risks associated with storing hazardous and flammable materials in factories or warehouses. (Reuters)
Trasuon Romario Roger Alleyne, 27,who is charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition, on April 30, 2026 was kept in custody when he appeared in court today.
The Morris Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael man was remanded to Dodds Prison until June 1 after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick in Criminal Court No.1 of the District “A” Magistrates’ Courts.
Nathan Emmanuel Malik Lovell, 25, of Inch Marlow, Christ Church has been charged with theft of, among other things, a van.
The accused was remanded to Dodds Prison until June 1 after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District “A” Criminal Court No.1 today.
Lovell’s charges are:
● Theft of a $52 000 van – April 21, 2026
● Possession of apparatus for the misuse of cocaine – April 23, 2026
● Theft of articles valued $12 340 – April 24, 2026
● Overtaking improperly – April 25, 2026
● Failing to stop after an accident – April 25, 2026
● Driving without third party insurance – April 25, 2026
● Driving without a valid driver’s licence – April 25, 2026
