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The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be replacing a damaged pipeline at its Golden Ridge station on Friday. As a result, customers in parts of St Andrew, St Thomas and St Joseph may be affected by water outage or low water pressure. Tankers will be dispatched to assist residents while the work is being conducted. In St Andrew: Turner’s Hall, Gregg Farm, Apes Hill, Church Gap, Hillaby, White Hill, Bruce …

As residents of some Scotland District communities continue to cry out about broken bridges and badly damaged roads, Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw says assistance is on the way. After complaints last Friday from Bawdens, St Andrew residents, who said they were seriously inconvenienced because their bridge was closed suddenly, Bradshaw said yesterday a temporary bridge was in the works. The bridge is expected to benefit …

Some motorists travelling along the newly repaired Dark Hole in St Joseph yesterday were met with an unpleasant surprise. Following work this year, a hole in the road has forced the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) to again declare it impassable. “The section of road at Dark Hole, St Joseph, between the Parks Road and the Bruce Vale junctions has suffered a culvert collapse. The road is therefore impassable …

A culvert has collapsed at Dark Hole, St Joseph, leaving a section of the road impassable. Motorists are advised that the area between Parks Road and Bruce Vale is impassable and they should use Coggins, Chalky Mount and Bissex to Parks Road. (PR/SAT)

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Maintenance is working on three bridges in Barbados. Minister Ian Gooding-Edghill said they were located at Date Tree Hill, St Peter; Bruce Vale, St Andrew and Baird’s Village in St George. Speaking on Starcom Network’s Down To Brass Tacks on Wednesday, Gooding-Edghill said the crew ruptured an old cast iron main at Date Tree Hill that cut off the water supply to districts in …

Social Share The Vector Control Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness will be moving its mosquito eradication exercise to rural parishes this week. On Monday, May 10, the fogging team will visit the following communities in St Andrew: Hillaby Church Gap, Mose Bottom, Mount Hillaby, Turners Hall and Harewood Road and surrounding areas. The team will return to St Andrew on Tuesday, May 11, and spray Bawdens Hill, Walkers, Babylon Road, Redman Road, Shorey Village, Douglin Village and env...

Article by Social Share Four youngsters attached to the Nature Fun Ranch in Bruce Vale, St Andrew, who were accused of beating and scalding a 14-year-old boy, have been warned by the police of intended prosecution. Tara Mahalia-Smith, the boy’s mother, told the MIDWEEK NATION this was communicated to her yesterday by police officers who investigated the incident at the ranch. The ranch, which was founded by talk show host Corey Lane, operates a youth programme focusing on outdoor activi...

Social Share It was far from fun and games at the Nature Fun Ranch in Bruce Vale, St Andrew, on Monday as a young former rancher was badly injured. His mother, Tara-Mahalia Smith, said she was hoping charges would be brought against the ranch after her 14-year-old son was beaten and scalded by a group of six mostly older campers who were looking after the facility in the absence of chief rancher Corey Lane. The incident left large blisters in the boy’s palm. However, Lane said while he did...