Last Updated on Monday, 5 July 2021, 15:21 by Denis Chabrol The Police Service Commission, which government maintains has been suspended,  has given the Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie until midday Tuesday to prepare and publish a Special Promotion Order for the more than 130 officers for whom promotions have been made or face legal action. “Should you further delay to ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 July 2021, 13:16 by Denis Chabrol A retired police officer’s 9MM pistol and ammunition are among several items stolen from his car while he, a female police inspector and another woman went to Dakara Creek, Wismar, Linden, police said. The alleged theft occurred on Saturday between 15:40 hours and 17:00 hours. The 59-year old  ex ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 July 2021, 8:38 by Denis Chabrol Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Limited says the Jabilo-1 well, in the Canje Block, drilled by ExxonMobil is dry and will be plugged and abandoned, the company said on Monday. “The Jabillo-1 well in the Canje Block, offshore Guyana, reached its planned target depth and was evaluated but did ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 July 2021, 9:31 by Denis Chabrol Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes is insisting that Gladston Henry Jr. was at home with family members watching a livestream of the autopsy that was being conducted on his brother, Isaiah Henry, and so was nowhere near the scene of Haresh Singh who was killed last year September. Previously,  Gladston Henry’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 3 July 2021, 8:45 by Denis Chabrol As a small group of opposition supporters protested outside a restaurant in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York about the “installed” People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration, Attorney General Anil Nandlall was promising that government will be fair and inclusive as possible. “We have a duty and we have a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 July 2021, 21:44 by Denis Chabrol Six persons were Friday questioned about claims that one of the four persons, who have been charged with the murder of a 17-year old male last September, was nowhere near the scene of the crime, although police say their records contradict that alibi. Following up on its probe alleged ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 July 2021, 16:40 by Denis Chabrol After failed efforts to re-elect David Patterson as Chairman of the House bipartisan Public Accounts Committee (PAC), his  fellow opposition parliamentarian Jermaine Figueira was elected to chair that accountability mechanism that oversees how public monies have been spent.  Mr. Figueira said the House Speaker Manzoor Nadir and Clerk of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 July 2021, 11:23 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from Barbados Today The first hurricane to hit Barbados since 1955 has already caused island-wide destruction as it battered the island earlier today. Tropical Storm Elsa was upgraded to category one Hurricane Elsa around 8:00 a.m. as it continues to dump heavy rains across the island with maximum ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 July 2021, 10:02 by Denis Chabrol A man, who allegedly attempted to offer a more than $30,000 bribe to a police sergeant, after he was held for marijuana possession, now faces two charges, police said Friday. Police say that in addition to the drug charge,  the 25-year old man has been accused of attempting to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 July 2021, 21:54 by Denis Chabrol Hours after Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes and family members claimed that a murder accused was never at the crime scene, police said a review of its facts prove otherwise and they are now probing alleged attempts to make it difficult to determine who committed the crime. Glaston Henry is among ...