Barbados Today June 26, 2021
Police have named the man who was shot and killed at Deacons Road, St Michael around 10:20 p.m. on Friday night.
He is Shem Cummins, 29, of Block 4D, Neptune Road, Deacons Farm.
Police said they received a report of multiple gunshots in the area and one man appeared to be dead on scene.
On their arrival, officers confirmed the victim had died.
Investigations are continuing.
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PM ‘out of order’
Article by April 9, 2021
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has set a dangerous precedent for the future independence of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) and the relationship between officers and the country’s political directorate.
This is the view of former president of the Police Officers Association and former first vice president of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados Hartley Reid who declared that Mottley was “totally out of line” as she directly interfered in an ongoing investigation.
He also dismissed as a “red herring”, Mottley’s suggestions that the controversial matter has been blown out of proportion because of the area in which it unfolded.
Get the Apps Commissioner not commenting on the Good Friday incident says senior officer
Article by April 9, 2021
As the controversy builds surrounding the intervention of Prime Minister Mia Mottley in a Good Friday incident involving police officers and the owner of The Cook Shop at Deacons Road, St Michael, the police chief is adamant he has nothing to say on the matter.
When
Barbados TODAY reached out to Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith this morning for comment, this media house was told by his Staff Officer Acting Superintendent Sonia Boyce that the Prime Minister had already spoken and that Griffith won’t be making any statement.
Article by Social Share
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says classism and discrimination are at the root of the controversy involving cook shop owner Ross Ashton on Good Friday.
Yesterday at Grantley Adams International Airport, following the arrival of the first tranche of vaccines through the COVAX facility, Mottley said the incident was blown out of proportion because it involved a small businessman.
Police had stopped a luncheon organised by Ashton at Deacons Road, St Michael, but then allowed it to continue after Mottley questioned officers, with Ashton’s phone on speaker mode, on whether any COVID-19 protocols had been breached.
Belle, Wickham say details needed from police and businessman
Article by April 7, 2021
Two of the country’s leading political scientists have concluded that Prime Minister Mia Mottley did not act outside her legal authority during a highly-publicised interaction with a Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) officer that has raised questions about potential abuse of power from the highest office in the land.
Retired Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies Dr. George Belle however contends that even if Mottley was not legally at fault, her actions could be interpreted as a show of intimidation toward law enforcement officials.