‘Help for victim’ Barbados Today21/03/20240760 views The awarding of compensation to a rape victim should not be seen as the court putting a price on that person’s dignity but as financial assistance to help them “regain… Read more
Leacock guilty of 2014 murder Barbados Today21/03/202401.1K views A jury has found Kemar Omar Yvonne Leacock guilty of murdering Jermaine Harper ten years ago. On Wednesday evening, the 12-member jury of 10 women and two men in Supreme… Read more
Agard admits to having gun Barbados Today21/03/20240504 views After Brandon Deshawn Agard led police on a chase through Westbury to New Orleans, they discovered an illegal firearm and ammunition on him. When he appeared before Madam Justice Wanda… Read more
Murder trial adjourned until next week Barbados Today21/03/20240663 views The 12-member jury in the trial of murder-accused Jason Cecil Spencer will return to the No. 2 Supreme Court on March 25. This was the adjournment date given after one… Read more
‘Not leaving’ Fernella Wedderburn21/03/20240607 views Neil Rowe has declared his political loyalty to the governing Barbados Labour Party, making clear that he has no plans of cutting ties and joining another party. “I will remain… Read more
No excuses Sandy Deane21/03/20240397 views General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Toni Moore served early notice that she will not sit by and allow a delay in negotiating a new minimum wage as… Read more
New hospital needed, says Dr Browne Dawne Parris21/03/20240558 views Former Minister of State in the Ministry of Health Dr Sonia Browne says Barbados urgently needs a new hospital. Insisting that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is in need of… Read more
‘Hope-ful’ Barbados Today21/03/20240546 views Housing minister Dwight Sutherland has categorically denied that the National Housing Corporation (NHC) is on the verge of collapse, instead revealing that the state-owned organisation is being repurposed better to… Read more
Secondary schools closed for BSSAC Barbados Today21/03/20240402 views The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training has advised that all public secondary schools will be closed on Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22. According to the ministry,… Read more
Balance, not drama, should be the path for economic transformation Barbados Today21/03/20240748 views The 2023 Budget proposals outlined by the prime minister on Monday contain an impressive array of initiatives aimed at unlocking higher economic growth, facilitating investment, and transitioning Barbados into a… Read more