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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...

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 …

The proposed amendment to the Electric Light and Power Act is a “major concern” of intervenor and attorney Tricia Watson. Calling in on Starcom Network’s radio programme Down To Brass Tacks yesterday after a caller raised the issue of the proposed amendment, Watson said the amendment is “ill-advised in relation to regulation of the sector and it also seeks to curtail public discourse or involvement on the issuing of licensing …

Some farmers are said to be worried about the prices they will be paid for their produce once the agricultural arrangement with Guyana and the proposed food terminal take root. Richard Armstrong of Armag Farms, who was a guest of Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday radio programme yesterday which focused on agriculture, said “so many” individuals and firms have been calling him expressing concerns over the issue. “[They’re] worried about …

David Ellis has resigned from his post as COVID-19 Public Advisor. He made the announcement on Starcom Network’s Down To Brass Tacks progamme on Monday. He was back in the chair as moderator, a job with which he would be very familiar, having worked with that company for several decades. At the time of his appointment, Ellis said it was not a political pick and he came in for criticism …

Popular entertainer Edwin Yearwood is imploring Barbadians not to stifle the creativity of young people.His comments come amid public criticism of the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) introduction of the Bashment Soca genre into the Junior Monarch competition. The decision sparked public debate over whether it was appropriate to have children perform bashment soca songs which are often accused of being lewd. There was only one entrant in the category and it eventually had to be scrapped.Ho...

There was only one child entering the controversial bashment category of the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition, the finalists of which were announced yesterday. While there was public outcry over whether children should be allowed to compete in a category that has attracted mainly coarse lyrics, it was in the other categories that the NCF had to sit with some entrants to ensure their lyrics were up …