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Death hurts
Stephen Morris keeps hearing his 17-year-old brother Simeon Morris’ dying screams ringing in his ears again and again. Like an unending nightmare, the sound of his brother calling his name as he was...
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Eye on diabetes
Today was World Diabetes Day and scores of Barbadians were screened for the illness at a Mobile Testing Unit (MTU) stationed in Warrens. For the third consecutive year, Republic Bank in partnership...
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Another side to the NCC
It has recently been on the receiving end of much public criticism over its handling of the April 2014 termination of over 100 of its employees. However, there was absolutely no sign of those recent...
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Blame beachgoers
The National Conservation Commission (NCC) is being hit with a hefty water bill each month because beachgoers are not turning off taps in public bathrooms and shower facilities. Speaking to the media...
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Final salute
Acting Station Sergeant Elvis Grafton Foster had a passion for crime fighting. Wherever he served, Foster had left his mark and, at the age of 55, he was counting down his days to retirement. “Sadly,...
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Hill of pain
It is approaching two years since heavy rainfall caused extensive damage to a road and houses in White Hill, St Andrew, and residents and their parliamentary representative are still crying out for...
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Students get donation from the Aron and Christina Foundation
Students of the A DaCosta Primary School are the latest schoolchildren to benefit from the generosity of the Aron and Christina Foundation. The foundation yesterday donated 38 Samsung tablets,...
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BLP 99.5 per cent ready, says chairman
Newly elected Chairman of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) George Payne believes Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler’s suggestion that moral issues will feature prominently in the next general...
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Mottley and Payne congratulate US president-elect
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley says there is an important political lesson, not only for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, but for all political leaders arising out of Tuesday’s presidential elections...
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Essential questions
Following the recent passage of Tropical Storm Matthew, private security guards are seeking clarification on what is expected of them in case of a national shutdown. During a press conference yesterday...
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Combermere needs a lasting solution – Gibbs
President of the Barbados National Council of Parent Teacher Associations Inc. (BNCPTA) Shone Gibbs is appealing to education authorities to fix the environmental problems at Combermere School “once...
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Bloody weekend of shooting incidents
Police are investigating at least three separate shooting incidents that took place over the weekend, leaving two men dead and two nursing injuries. Thirty-three-year-old Jesse David Moore of Free...
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No thief!
The last vivid memory Sharon Maycock has of her 19-year-old son is that of a young man joking and laughing about cornflakes. It was just the day before Shaquone Maycock of The City had been shot and...
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For the children
The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust is venturing into yet another major project to help the island’s children, particularly those born with brain disorders. It has committed a significant sum of money to...
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UWI fully on board for Golden Jubilee
The University of the West Indies is not about to be left out of this island’s Golden Jubilee. This evening, Principal Professor Eudine Barriteau flicked the switch at the Cave Hill campus, which has...
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Good old days are gone, NGOs warned
Go out there and generate your own funds! That was the advice today to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the head of one of the country’s best-known charities. Chief Executive Officer of...
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UWI attracting more OECS students
While it continues to record an overall decline in student enrolment, the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is attracting a growing number of students from the Eastern...
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Rescue us, please!
An appeal today by an outspoken Anglican cleric to the island’s education authorities to put students and teachers at the Combermere School out of their current misery by abandoning all classes at the...
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Compensate them!
Government should be made to foot the relocation bill for vendors in the River Bus Terminal who were ordered by the Ministry of Transport & Works to pack up and leave within ten days, says...
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Scantlebury gets new home
The senior citizen whose house collapsed on Friday, September 9 now has a place to call home. Sixty-seven-year-old Maureen Scantlebury received keys to a two bedroom wood and wall house from the Urban...
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