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Autopsies are set to take place today on the bodies of Hollice Thomas and her eight-year-old son, Noel, while police spent yesterday seeking to identify a suspect in their murders.

Two brothers have been charged with the November 23 murder of Tafari Charles.

While police continue to search for the killers of teenagers, Anim Persad and Olun Jones who were shot on Tuesday night,

The Forensic Sciences Centre (FSC) of Barbados has confirmed the presence of two New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in Barbados that are of great public health concern. Barbados has issued an Early Warning System (EWS) Alert for these forms of synthetic cannabis.

Government’s Forensic Sciences Centre is investigating what could be new narcotic substances in circulation in Barbados. This follows recently circulated social media videos in which young men were seen displaying abnormal behaviour after ingesting an unknown substance. Deputy manager of the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA), Troy Wickham, said yesterday they anticipated that Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams will be issuing a statement “sometime in the very near …

Barbadians have been put on alert for new dangerous and potentially deadly narcotic substances recently discovered on island. The alert was issued yesterday by the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA)  through its Early Warning System, after tests carried out on “an unknown substance” submitted to the Forensic Sciences Centre for analysis, confirmed the presence of the synthetic cannabinoids MDMB-4en-PINACA and 4f MDMB-Butica. Synthetic Cannabinoids are man-made, mind-altering chemic...

NCSA Deputy Manager Troy Wickham and Director of the Forensic Sciences Centre, Cheryl Corbin, explaining the process for investigating a NPS. (C.Pitt/BGIS) ...

Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams issues an Early Warning System (EWS) alert for two New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in Barbados ...

Director of the Forensic Sciences Centre, Cheryl Corbin, explains the two NPS in Barbados beside the Minister of Home Affairs and Information. (C.Pitt/BGIS) ...

Police are working to identify a man found dead on Monday night in Arima. According to a police report, residents of Temple Street reported hearing numerous gunshots at around 9.50 pm. On Gaston Ruiz Street, near Temple Street, they discovered the lifeless body of an African man. He was wearing a red vest, black shorts,