There are unconfirmed media reports that police intercepted an attempted drug landing on Thursday off the west coast of Barbados. Starcom Network reported that police were seeking suspects after a boat was intercepted off Barbados by the police marine unit and drug squad. Gunfire was exchanged between the police and the suspects following a chase, which ended when the boat landed on the beach in Weston, St James, according to …
ATTORNEY GENERAL DALE MARSHALL is coming under more fire for comments meant to reassure the public when he said that the recent spate of killings resulted from gunmen in specific “groups” targeting each other. Yesterday, chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association, Trisha Tannis, said hearing that was little comfort as the innocent could be “in the wrong place at the wrong time”. She was speaking on Starcom Network’s call-in …
We carried a headline on the front page of our August 30 edition which read, Terrible Tuesday: Two dead, one injured in three separate shootings in St Michael and St James.In instances such as this, the media is often berated for what some see as being sensational. However, by the time this news had made rounds Tuesday night into Wednesday, we were recording two other shootings, this time in Christ Church.According to the Barbados Police Service, the details of Tuesday night’s incidents are as follows:Around 6:25 p.m. 21-year-old Jarad Trismal Jones-Cox was shot and killed while in a car outside his King’s Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael, home. At 6:30 p.m. at Endeavour, St James, a 25-year-old man was shot about his body by another man while standing outside a house in the area. He was transported to a medical facility by private transport. He was reported to be in stable condition and was receiving surgery. Then at 10:06 p.m. Rommel Trotman, 43, of Redman’s Gap, Westbury Road, St M
Amid concerns of a shortage of cough suppressants following the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, at least two pharmacies have reported that some of the more popular cough syrups are back on the shelf. President of the Barbados Pharmaceutical Society, Yolande Pantin, had told Starcom Network yesterday that some cough suppressants were out of stock and the supply of others was fast diminishing. “For sure what is most widely used, …
While some flight disruptions out of New York have impacted at least one event promoter and ticketing company, another is bracing for any potential fallout. Chief executive officer (CEO) of Ticket Linkz Ryan Brathwaite gave that response yesterday after it was said that some travellers who were scheduled to visit Barbados for the climax of the Crop Over Festival, would be unable to make it in time for August 1 …