Welfare office shutdown after worker attacked
Bridgetown, Barbados – An attack on a member of staff the Welfare Department at the Speightstown branch, St.Peter has caused the office to close. While not disclosing the nature of…
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Welfare office shutdown after worker attacked
Bridgetown, Barbados – An attack on a member of staff the Welfare Department at the Speightstown branch, St.Peter has caused the office to close.
While not disclosing the nature of the attack, several officials in the Ministry of Social Care have confirmed that the worker was violently attacked by a member of the public.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Care Sonja Welch admitted that her ministry was aware of the incident and expected a report from the chief welfare officer today.
PM warns businesses about prices
Bridgetown Barbados: Merchants in Barbados who are guilty of price gouging should fear the Barbadian consumers. This is the view of Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart.
In an address to the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s luncheon at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Stuart alluded to the vexing question of cost of living in Barbados and the recent charges and counter charges of price gouging.
Police moving on criminals bases
Bridgetown Barbados: The Royal Barbados Force will continue to clamp down on communities in Barbados that have become an operating base for criminals on the island.
Inspector David Welch the Public Relations Officer of the Force said that the cops are firm in the intention to arrest criminals who have established an operating base in the urban areas of Barbados and are causing havoc on the island.
Teenager in court for stabbing schoolmate
Bridgetown Barbados: A 16 year old student of the Coleridge and Parry Secondary School is expected to appear in court today on a wounding charge, after he allegedly stabbed another student yesterday.
According to a police official the injured boy was stabbed several times but was discharged from the Queen Hospital after treatment, the incident took place on the school compound.
Laws coming to stop Barbadians from abandoning elderly
Bridgetown, Barbados: The Chief Executive Officer of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Dr Dexter James is calling for legislation to prevent Barbadians from abandoning the elderly at the island’s main heath institution.
Speaking at a press conference Dr. James said “Some Barbadians are taking their elderly relatives to hospital and not returning for them when they are discharged. The cost of keeping these elderly people in the hospital is about $500 daily”.
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