RegionalVenezuela VENEZUELA – Soldiers abandon posts at Colombia border by Barbados Today 23/02/2019 written by Barbados Today 2 min read BBC – Soldiers from the Venezuelan national guard have left their posts ahead of an opposition-led effort to bring aid into the country, Colombia’s migration agency said. In a separate … Continue Reading 23/02/2019 6 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized REGIONAL – Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti โ Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized GUYANA – Disabled woman perishes in fire by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 GEORGETOWNย โ A fire of unknown origin has completely gutted a two-storey wooden structure at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Sunday morning leaving one woman dead and several homeless. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized REGIONAL – Bahamas Govt places repatriations of Haitians on hold amid unrest by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 NASSAU โย As a result of the political unrest and violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the Bahamas government announced that it will temporarily cease all repatriations to the country. Hours after that … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalTrinidad & Tobago TRINIDAD – Police capture one of the countryโs most wanted men by Barbados Today 17/02/2019 by Barbados Today 17/02/2019 CMC โ The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Sunday said they had captured one of the countryโs โmost wanted menโ and that two reputed gang leaders had been slapped … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
NewsRegional CRICKET-WI/ENG-West Indies bracing for strong challenge, says Hope by Barbados Today 16/02/2019 by Barbados Today 16/02/2019 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC โ With the odds yet again firmly stacked against West Indies in the upcoming One-Day International series, marquee batsman Shai Hope says the Caribbean are bracing for … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized GUYANA – Vice Chancellor denies running University broke as staff calls for audit by Barbados Today 14/02/2019 by Barbados Today 14/02/2019 GEORGETOWN โ University of Guyana (UG) workers on Wednesday intensified their demand for an in-depth examination of how the institution is spending its monies at a time when there is … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized REGIONAL – Haiti inmates escape from Aquin prison by Barbados Today 14/02/2019 by Barbados Today 14/02/2019 PORT-AU-PRINCE โย All 78 inmates of a prison in southern Haiti have escaped from captivity, according to the countryโs police. The detainees reportedly made their escape from Aquin prison while police … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized GUYANA – โClean up the listโ by Barbados Today 12/02/2019 by Barbados Today 12/02/2019 GEORGETOWN โย As the People Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) continues to push for general elections without observing the mandatory registration process, supporters of the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC) … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized THE BAHAMAS – Haitian sloop survivors will be repatriated by Barbados Today 12/02/2019 by Barbados Today 12/02/2019 NASSAU โย Minister of Foreign Affairs Darren Henfield said yesterday that the 18 survivors of a Haitian sloop that ran aground in waters off Abaco will be repatriated. During a funeral … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail