There’s been a rush of people seeking to file their taxes on the last day for doing so as many appeal for an extension of the deadline but the Barbados Revenue Authority makes clear there will be none. Long lines of people queued outside BRA’s Bridge Street, Bridgetown office all day, many expressing their frustration […]
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Following an unprecedented three road fatalities in three days, two of them hit and run, the police and the road safety association are appealing to motorists to be more careful, and are worried about the hit and run trend. Meanwhile, the motor insurance sector wants a crackdown on unlicensed and uninsured drivers and vehicles. This […]
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The Barbados Central Bank reports the economy grew by 4.1 percent in the first quarter of the year driven by what the Governor Dr. Kevin Greenidge describes as an extraordinary performance by the tourism sector. This is the twelfth consecutive quarter of economic growth as the Barbados economy showed a consistent upward trajectory over the […]
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Barbados has recorded its third road fatality and second hit and run in three days. The deceased has been identified as 75 year old Ainsley Bradshaw of Kings Court, Lodge Road, Christ Church, who is the victim in the 6th fatal road traffic collision of 2024. The police say officers from the Oistins station were […]
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A Christ Church man is Barbados’ 5th road fatality for the year, the second road fatality in just a few days. Twenty nine year oldRASHEED AUSTIN of number 14 Seagrape Coverly Villages, Christ Church was killed when he was ejected from a vehicle which crashed on the ABC Highway at its junction with Balls Road, […]
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A jockey has been injured and two horses had to be put down after an incident during Saturday’s racing at the Garrison Savannah. The incident happened sometime after 4 p.m. during race seven of the eight-race schedule at the Garrison Savannah. Starcom Network News understands that jockey Anderson Trotman’s horse stumbled and fell causing another […]
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A man has been injured in a shooting at Bayview Avenue, Bayland, St. Michael. Starcom Network News understands the victim was shot in the left elbow and was taken to hospital in a private vehicle. Residents reported hearing several gunshots.
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A St. Philip man is this country’s 4th road fatality for the year. The police say they were informed via a telephone call to their our Operations Control Room of the discovery of a deceased male body along the carriageway of Long Bay main road, St. Philip about 40 meters away from the Salvation Army […]
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The price of new gasoline or diesel vehicles has gone up by between five and 20 thousand dollars from this month due to government’s removal of a rebate that had been in place for several years. President of the Barbados Automobile Dealers Association, Mark Hamilton, tells Starcom Network News the rebate was discontinued earlier this […]
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Political Scientist Dr. George Belle believes that Opposition leader Ralph Thorne has officially asserted himself as the leader of the Democratic Labour Party. Dr. Belle says the shift in responsibility from Dr. Ronnie Yearwood’s shadow cabinet to Mr. Thorne and the opposition Senators, is strategic. He believes that there should be an election within the […]
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