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Parris set to contest sentence next month Article by May 28, 2021 Jailed attorney Cheraine Parris’ appeal is set to be heard in July, the Court of Appeal ordered Thursday. Justice Randall Worrell last year sentenced Parris, of Lowlands, Christ Church, to four years in jail after she admitted stealing $302,000 belonging to Morrison – the remainder of a larger sum – in 2010. She also pleaded guilty to money laundering by conducting a series of transactions in moving the ...

Barbados Today May 23, 2021 The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Jaydan Otricia Barrow, 15, of Berlin Road, Woodbourne, Saint Philip. She is a student of Graydon Sealy Secondary School. Barrow left the home of her mother Patricia Sealy at the same address sometime between 6:30 am and 11:00 am on Friday, May 21 and has not been seen or heard from since. She is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, of dark complexion, thick build and erect appearance. S...

May 22, 2021 There existed a clear love-hate relationship between Barbadians and the cruise sector as the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic deepened in the Caribbean last year. We know how important the presence of these ships to our economic survival and the millions of travellers they bring to our shores. At the same time, the cruise lines represented a clear and present danger to public health because of the increased possibility for spread of the coronavirus. It was a calculated r...

Joseph continues to produce winners Article by May 21, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. tasted success both in the Upper South and the United States southeast on Thursday, as his barns continued to churn out impressive winners in the respective summer meets. The 34-year-old found himself among the cash at Churchill Downs here when his 4-1 chance Rock Along edged the field by a neck to win the US$100 000 race three. And at Gulfstream Park in F...

‘Don’t expect mandatory COVID shots yet’ Article by May 20, 2021 The Mottley administration’s chief policymaker on health on Wednesday warned employers not to start depending on vaccination and testing in order for their business to stay open, as questions are raised about whether an employer can mandate jabs or tests based on a third-party request to know their employees’ status. There is no legislation that requires an individual to get vaccinated, Minister of He...

Missing documents stall progress in case before the Supreme Court Article by May 20, 2021 The apparent misplacement of the file of a murder accused who has been wanting to plead guilty for the past seven months has raised the ire of a High Court Judge. “This is absolute nonsense regardless of where it is delayed. A man wants to plead guilty to murder since November, 2020. “This is unfair, man in jail over five years for a murder he wants to plead guilty and we can’t ma...

Barbados Today One of Finland’s leading vaccine researchers, Emeritus Professor Timo Vesikari, wrote an op-ed in Tampere paper Aamulehti suggesting it would not be a good idea to buy the Sputnik vaccine from Russia. The Family and Basic Services Minister Krista Kiuru (SDP) had said in parliament that Finland could start talks with Russia about acquiring doses of Sputnik. According to Vesikari, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson use the same Adenovirus vector mechanism as Sputnik. “If the...

Chrissy D releases sizzling Final Stage Article by Chrissy D is not letting the cancellation of Crop Over 2020 hold her back. The songstress who has previously been a finalist in the Party Monarch competition, decided to release her song Final Stage despite the uncertainty around the Crop Over 2021 season. Speaking to the media Christina Chrissy D Dottin said that she had decided to release the song this year as a pre- Crop Over track after consulting with her mentor Anderson B...

Get the Apps Home / Court / Distraught father pleads with court to send three killers to jail for a long time Distraught father pleads with court to send three killers to jail for a long time Article by May 8, 2021 In a tearful testimony, the father of a murdered man asked the court to inflict a long sentence on the “evil female and her murderous associates” who ended the life of a son, brother and promising soldier. “Because of my upbringing I have to forgive the th...

Four males accused of criminal damage Article by Three minors and an adult are facing a joint criminal damage charge involving a motorcar. The four are out on bail on the allegation that 21-year-old Kaneil Walcott, of Cave Hill Main Road, St Michael, and three 15-year-old students from a city community, damaged Wayne Stuart’s car on March 16, with intent to damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged. They pleaded not guilty to the charge when...