Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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Sir David’s defence

Sir David Simmons, chairman of the Law Reform Commission, took on critics of the contentious Cybercrime Bill on Monday, including his former personal assistant, the outspoken Caswell Franklyn, and...

Prescod: Don’t pay Drax a cent

Government would be wrong to pay the controversial Drax family $8 million to acquire the St George estate’s...

Broad Street to be paved over Heroes weekend

The Ministry of Transport and Works, through its contractor Infra Construction Inc., will mill and pave Lower Broad...

Death rates up

Barbados’ population is officially in decline as the number of people dying each year surpasses those being born. That...

CDB boss steps down with ‘immediate effect’

BRIDGETOWN – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has resigned with “immediate...

Ex-ICBL execs indicted

Two more Former ICBL executives Ingrid Innes and Alex Tasker have been named in an indictment relating to the money laundering scandal involving former...

Cops fighting back

Body cameras were used for the first time locally on Thursday as the police intensified their stop-and-search exercises across Barbados, prompted by a violent...

Atherley to form new party

A new political party is definitely coming. Leader of the Opposition Bishop Joseph Atherley said that shortly he would make an announcement in relation...

Telephone number out of service at Labour Department

The public is asked to note that the main telephone number 535-1500 at the Labour Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership...

Mount Gay fire extinguished

The fire that broke out at the Mount Gay Distillery in St Lucy yesterday is finally out.Around 3 p.m. a 300 000-gallon tank of...

Jones’ fate 

A 64-year-old man will find out tomorrow if he would be extradited to Canada to face their judicial system. Errol Vivian Jones, of Bridgefield, St...