No perfect scores
There were no perfect scores in English in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination, but there was a slight improvement in the national average. Speaking this morning at a press...
View ArticleNo transfers, warns Jones
Parents have been warned against rushing to the Ministry of Education asking for transfers of children who sat this year’s Common Entrance Examination. Minister of Education Ronald Jones, in a press...
View ArticleQEH vigil
A special table decorated in pink with white candles was set up in the lobby at the state-run Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) this evening, as nurses joined family and friends of their deceased...
View ArticleJones: Some teachers hate math
Minister of Education Ronald Jones is contending that some of the nation’s teachers exhibit a strong dislike for Mathematics, which in turn impacted on the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance...
View Article‘Hard ears’ son
If 23-year-old Rico Wazir Reid had heeded the advice of some in the volatile Brittons Hill, St Michael community, he may still be alive today. According to dad Roderick Reid, his son was given what...
View ArticleBridgetown sweep
The Royal Barbados Police Force has demonstrated that it meant business when it warned that illegal vending would not be allowed in The City. Police today rounded up a number of vendors believed to be...
View ArticleTerrible test
A routine test ride of a motorcycle has ended tragically for a Foster Hall, St Joseph mechanic. Andre Omar Hackett, 24, was riding the motorcycle off road in an area called ‘Break-away’ at Foster Hall,...
View ArticlePolice looking into Brittons Hill and other shootings
Police are investigating a shooting at Valery, Brittons Hill, St Michael friday morning that resulted in the death of Kadeem Joseph. Joseph, 25, of 2nd Avenue Grazettes, St Michael, was found dead...
View Article‘A good boy’
When 17-year-old Azariah Lewis left his Worthing View, Christ Church home for work around 2 p.m. yesterday, he was in high spirits and seemingly in good health. He joked and laughed with his mother...
View ArticleMan falls into well, suffers minor injuries
A 37-year-old man from Breedy Land, Silver Sand, Christ Church escaped serious injury after falling into a well at Sayes Court, Christ Church Monday afternoon. Police said Leon Roach was believed to be...
View ArticleDeath trap
One second, 38-year-old ZR driver Leon Roach was standing next to a well on a plot of land at Sayes Court, Christ Church, preparing to “relieve himself”. In the blink of an eye, Roach was falling into...
View Article‘He’s not dead’
The family of a motorcyclist of Westmoreland, St James who collided with a minibus on Monday is making it clear that rumours of his death are both greatly exaggerated and deeply disturbing. Nigel Small...
View ArticleHit-and-run driver questioned by cops
The driver involved in a hit-and-run accident in Speightstown, St Peter this morning, which left a schoolgirl injured, has turned himself in. Police this evening released few details about the driver,...
View ArticleAG happy with police and court projects
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite is happy with the progression of four building and renovation projects that form part of the Security Facilities Project. Tuesday, the Minister with responsibility...
View ArticleBrittons Hill walk-through
Police are at this hour conducting a walk-through of areas of the volatile Brittons Hill, St Michael community. The walk-through, which started at Valery, comes on the heels of at least two recent...
View ArticleMan collapses and dies at Belle Gully
Police are on the scene at Belle Gully, St Michael where a man reportedly collapsed and died a short while ago. The victim, identified by relatives and friends as Sylvester Trotman, had just arrived...
View ArticleSudden death
The sadness that 21-year-old Leandra Trotman felt this morning as she boarded a flight bound for Jamaica was nothing compared to the shattering pain she would endure just a few hours later. Leandra and...
View ArticleHear us
There will be a heavier police presence in the Brittons Hill, St Michael community following a request from residents. This afternoon, when police officers walked through Valery, Brittons Hill,...
View ArticleMother’s horror
The last time Antoinette Edward-Ward spoke with her mother Marion Edward, she asked Marion to get her some spinach from the backyard and promised they would talk again later. That was last Saturday...
View ArticleBrittons Hill youth feted
All is not lost in Brittons Hill, St Michael, which has recently been plagued by crime and violence. Today some of the young people from that community were celebrated for making positive news for the...
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