REGIONAL – Women arrested . . . allegedly responsible for abductions in Bahamas Barbados Today08/04/20190259 views NASSAU – Two women are in police custody in relation to four incidents of child abduction, Chief Superintendent Solomon Cash said yesterday. The main suspect – a 29-year-old woman who police… Read more
UK – Windrush Victims to receive $200m compensation Barbados Today04/04/20196310 views LONDON – British Home Secretary Sajid Javid opened an estimated £200 million (US$263 million) scheme to compensate members of the so-called Windrush generation, including immigrants from the Caribbean, who were… Read more
JAMAICA – Fly Jamaica folds four months after crash landing in Guyana Barbados Today30/03/20191883 views Caribbean News Service – Four months after one of its aircraft skidded off the runway at Guyana’s main airport, Fly Jamaica has announced it is ending it operations. “The Board… Read more
CAYMAN ISLANDS – Chief Justice rules in favour of same-sex marriages Barbados Today30/03/20192370 views CMC – Attorney General Samuel Bulgin says the Cayman Islands government will have to consider a ruling on Friday by Chief Justice Anthony Smellie that the definition of marriage as… Read more
REGIONAL – CARICOM PMs lash out Barbados Today25/03/20190259 views The multi-lateral meeting with five Caribbean leaders, including Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday has exposed deep divisions among CARICOM members, with several prime… Read more
JAMAICA – Teacher says he’s not leaving school after alleged assault Barbados Today25/03/20191347 views KINGSTON – Head of Calabar High’s Physics Department Sanjaye Shaw says he is still upbeat, despite the school’s rejection yesterday of his version of events surrounding an alleged assault involving two… Read more
VENEZUELA – Blackout again Barbados Today25/03/20190309 views CARACAS, Venezuela — A widespread new power outage spread across Venezuela on Monday, knocking offline much of the country’s communications and stirring fears of a repeat of the chaos almost… Read more
Caribbean foreign ministers hold talks with Venezuelan Opposition leader Barbados Today24/03/201913506 views CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers on Saturday met with Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself the interim president of the South American country. The meeting… Read more
GUYANA – Parliament to meet following Court of Appeal ruling Barbados Today23/03/20192206 views CMC – The Guyana government says Parliament will soon meet to conduct the affairs of the country even as Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said the main opposition People’s Progressive Party… Read more
JAMAICA – PM pleased with two-hour talks with Trump Barbados Today23/03/201912701 views CMC – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the message coming out of the discussions the United States President Donald Trump had with a select group of Caribbean leaders is… Read more