Speed up justice Emmanuel Joseph19/04/20196253 views With judges now facing the axe for not returning decisions within six months of the start of a case, the legal profession has sprung into action to ensure justice is… Read more
Rock Hard triumphs Emmanuel Joseph18/04/201910385 views The Mark Maloney-owned Rock Hard Cement has won the final round of a trade dispute with the St Lucy-based Arawak Cement Company. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today settled… Read more
Thirty-two firearms turned in – top cop Emmanuel Joseph16/04/20195389 views Describing the one week gun amnesty as expectedly unsuccessful, police today revealed that 32 illegal firearms and 1,758 rounds of assorted ammunition were handed over by the deadline of midnight… Read more
Corrupt security Emmanuel Joseph16/04/201910705 views In perhaps his strongest rebuke to date on the influx of illegal guns into the country, Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith today blamed what he said was corruption at the… Read more
Reducing recidivism Emmanuel Joseph11/04/20193440 views As concern mounts among authorities and the wider society over the shocking level of gun crime here, a local social services body has received the green light to introduce a… Read more
School sex worry Emmanuel Joseph29/03/20193366 views Child protection agency authorities here are scratching their heads over what they see as a disturbing trend of minors having sex with minors at school. Coordinator of the Child Abuse… Read more
BIPA welcomes CLICO resolution, ‘seeks details’ Emmanuel Joseph22/03/20197171 views Although welcoming Government’s decision to pay out the vast majority of CLICO claims and investments, the group that champions the cause of policyholders and investors of the collapsed CLICO Life… Read more
Economic austerity ‘until 2025’ Emmanuel Joseph21/03/201910146 views Six more years of fiscal medicine are what Barbadians can expect before the economy can recover fully, the Prime Minister has warned, less than six months into an International Monetary… Read more
Showdown Emmanuel Joseph16/03/20193321 views The state enterprise that manages cricket’s famed Mecca and the Barbados Workers Union appears headed for a showdown over pending layoffs as the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme… Read more
Suspended Emmanuel Joseph15/03/20195301 views The Arawak Cement Company has suspended its planned breathalyser testing of all 100 employees that was set to start next Friday. The company was also expected to begin random testing… Read more