Новости за 06.05.2024

Police are seeking the public’s assistance as they continue investigations into yesterday evening’s death of an adult male at Brownes Beach, Bay Street, St Michael. The man’s unresponsive body was discovered in the area of the Old Pirate’s Cove around 6:36 p.m. An unknown male pulled the body of “Jon Doe” from the water and […]

Due to environmental conditions, the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training took the decision to allow for the early closure of two primary schools today. Smokey conditions from a nearby fire prevented St. Ambrose Primary in St. Michael from opening this morning, and similar conditions brought an early end to classes at Welches Primary […]

BUSINESSES AND households in Barbados are borrowing more money while adding to the near $15 billion they have stashed away in savings accounts at commercial banks and other financial institutions. More money is also pouring into Government’s coffers via transaction-based taxes, especially value added tax (VAT), which has contributed more than $2 billion to the […]

Twenty-five people are displace after fire damaged multiple homes at Wellington Street, The City, on Sunday night. Acting Chief Fire Officer Henderson Patrick said 16 houses were impacted by the fire – six were destroyed, three extensively damaged and seven slightly damaged. “We had 25 people that were displaced by having their houses destroyed or in […]

The Ministry of Transport and Works, through its contractor, Infra Construction Inc., will be milling and paving Upper Broad Street to Bridge Street and St. Michael’s Row in Bridgetown, from Tuesday, May 7 to Thursday May 9, 2024, under the Accelerated Mill and Pave Programme.   As a result, motorists are advised that Broad Street will […]

Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, has continued the call for the reform of the international financial architecture in order for small and developing states to properly access financing to facilitate the mitigation against the climate crisis.  Mr. Straughn made the call last week as he joined senior government officials from across the […]

Below is the full statement As the Member of Parliament for a constituency that includes the Pine, where for so many residents, football is almost inseparable from daily life, I cannot help but be touched deeply by the passing of veteran football administrator, George Lascaris.  George was a teacher by profession, and this, combined with […]

Talk about a grand finale. Madonna transformed Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro into a sea of her fans on Saturday for the closing show of her latest world tour, The Celebration Tour, which has performed in 80 locations since October. The final concert, announced last March, was free for everyone, and drew the largest […]

Australia’s biggest airline, Qantas, has agreed to pay a A$100 million ($66.1m, £52.7m) penalty to settle a legal case accusing it of selling thousands of tickets for flights it had already cancelled. Under the deal with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the firm will also launch a plan worth up to A$20m to […]

AN UNEMPLOYED MAN who said he stole 32 breadfruits because he was hungry, has escaped being sent to jail. Ryan Ricardo Belle, 32, was sentenced to three months in prison, but it was suspended for 12 months, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court No. 1 last Thursday. […]

Schoolteacher Terry Carrington captured the men’s run and Philippa Sylvester, the female equivalent, at the 20th edition of the Senior National Games, which was launched in a big way yesterday with more than 150 seniors taking to the Mighty Grynner Highway to compete in a five-kilometre walk and run and a 50-kilometre cycling race. Rodney […]