Couple gets time for breaking curfew

April 16, 2020 in Regional

A same-sex couple has been sentenced to six months in prison for breaking the country’s COVID-19 curfew. Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Jeremiah Browne and Shiamar Tashaka Callender, 34, both of 8th Avenue Harts Gap, Christ Church pleaded guilty to disobeying a national directive and being outdoors on April...

April 16, 2020 in Regional

CRIME Watch talk show host Ian Alleyne will remain in quarantine at the Caura Hospital for another day, as his legal challenge of his detention has been adjourned to Thursday. Alleyne has asked the court to order his release from quarantine, claiming he is being held...

Ventilators destined for Barbados seized by U.S.

April 06, 2020 in Regional

The seizure of 20 ventilators destined for Barbados appears to have thrust the Mia Mottley administration into a growing global battle for critical supplies to fight the outbreak of COVID-19. But Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Col Jeffrey Bostic on Sunday morning assured there is...