Classes resume at four schools September 28
The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) has advised parents and guardians of students of St Paul’s Primary and St Luke’s Primary schools that face-to-face classes will…
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UPDATE: Unnatural death investigation
Police have launched an investigation into the unnatural death of 34-year-old Danrade Moise of 8th Ave, New Orleans, St Michael. A statement from police said around 11:58 a.m. on Sunday, residents…
UPDATE: Police probing death at New Orleans
Police are investigating the circumstances of a man’s death at New Orleans, St Michael today. Residents, who did not want to be identified, said they heard a single gunshot fired after 11 a.m. …
Guyana’s chief elections officer arrested
Georgetown – Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield was arrested on Saturday as part of an ongoing probe into alleged electoral fraud at the March 2 general and regional elections. Investigators…
Only five remain in isolation
Three people will be discharged from the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St Lucy on Saturday after receiving a second consecutive negative test result for COVID-19. Their tests were among the…
Brazil Carnival delayed
RIO DE JANEIRO – Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazil’s most famous Carnival parade that would normally have been held in February 2021, as the country grapples with the…
Woman rescued from backyard well
The woman who fell into a well at her St Michael home is currently being treated at the nearby Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Police have not released her name, but said the woman, who lives at Henry’s…
Japan scaling back some parts of Olympic Games
TOKYO – Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday proposed cutting back the number of staff at next year’s Summer Games and shortening the opening period for training venues, as part of a plan to hold…
Fire Service trying to rescue woman from well
A rescue effort to retrieve a woman who fell into a well is underway at Henry’s Lane, St Michael. Crews from the Barbados Fire Service, Emergency Ambulance Service and the Royal Barbados Police Force…
Low water pressure along West Coast
The Barbados Water Authority says customers along Highway 1 from the Lazaretto, St Michael, to Mount Standfast, St James, are likely to experience low pressure over the next few days. This is due to…