TRINIDAD – Four kidnapped Venezuelan women freed from fake police station Barbados Today12/04/20192261 views PORT OF SPAIN – Four Venezuelan women who were held captive in a house in Diego Martin have been rescued by officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT). The… Read more
TRINIDAD – Political activist under probe for sex texts sent to 15-year-old boy Barbados Today11/04/20190132 views PORT OF SPAIN – Officers of the TTPS Child Protection Unit in Tobago are investigating a series of inappropriate, vile, text messages sent to a 15-year-old schoolboy from a social media… Read more
JAMAICA – ‘Daddy, don’t kill mommy!’ Barbados Today11/04/20193276 views Girl pleaded with father before he shot dead her mother, then himself KINGSTON – “Daddy, don’t kill Mommy” was the earnest cry of a 12-year-old girl when her father chased her… Read more
VENEZUELA – Access granted Barbados Today11/04/20190391 views CARACAS, Venezuela — The International Committee of the Red Cross has regained access to prisons in Venezuela, including highly guarded military facilities where dozens of inmates considered political prisoners are… Read more
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 Today04/04/20196312 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 Today30/03/20191888 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 Today25/03/20191353 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