Barbados Helping US To Trace Illegal Guns

Ten regional countries will sign an agreement with the United States to make the tracing of illegal weapons easier.
The Memorandum of Understanding which will be signed between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and regional governments will provide for the electronic tracing of illicit firearms under a system called eTRACE.
The signing is [...]

Trinidad Major Security Lapse For Summit Of The Americas

The Trinidad and Tobago newspapers reported that there was a major security lapse during last weekend’s exercise for the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, and top officials are working to correct the errors.
The Guardian reported that the person playing the role of Belizean prime minister was taken to the wrong [...]

Arrest In Canadian Death

Investigations into the robbery, beating and subsequent death of a Canadian visitor are being expanded to Canada following the arrest of a suspect in Barbados.

Commissioner of Police, Darwin Dottin, not only announced lawmen had arrested and were about to charge a 24-year-old Barbadian man in connection with February 28 incident at Long Beach Christ Church [...]

Sanctuary Waits For Government Proposal

Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary
Press Release
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary officials were pleased to read in the Nation that the Government of Barbados has apparently assigned a Bds. $1 million budget estimate for Graeme Hall.
 “We have not seen a formal proposal from government in regard to how these funds will be used, but look forward to giving the [...]

Sunshine Vitamin Blocks Degenerative Diseases

    Numerous researches have concluded that Vitamin D, the hormone produced by our skin when exposed to sunlight, can reduce the risk of degenerative diseases like osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer.
“By increasing Vitamin D intake, incidence of cancer [and other diseases] can be reduced by 60-67 percent,” Canadian biochemist and author [...]

High Fuel Prices Around The Corner – World Bank

Experts in the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States’ (OECS) energy sector have been advised to prepare themselves for a possible return of high fuel prices.
Senior energy economist at the World Bank, Pierre Audinet, told the stakeholders who met in St Lucia recently that they must combine approaches to deal with the growing cost of [...]

Israel ‘Used Boy, 11, As Human Shield’

Israeli soldiers used an 11-year-old Palestinian boy as a human shield during the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN human rights experts said yesterday.
The Israeli Defence Force ordered the boy to walk in front of soldiers being fired on in the Gaza neighbourhood of Tel al-Hawa and enter buildings before them, said the [...]

Israeli Army Ordered To Devise Iran War

As Israeli talks of war on Iran gain momentum, Israel’s military Chief of Staff says the army must prepare for a military aggression.

In a meeting with top US diplomats on Monday, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said Israel could not live with a nuclear Iran and that an Israeli military strike was a “serious” option in [...]

Canadian Woman Dies After Barbados Attack

Terry Schwarzfeld, the Ottawa woman who was attacked and robbed while on vacation in Barbados last month, has died.
Ms. Schwarzfeld and her daughter-in-law, Luana Cotsman, from Guelph, Ont., were attacked by a lone man while on Long Beach, in the island country’s south end on Feb. 28.
Ms. Schwarzfeld was struck in the back of the [...]

TV Advice Not Helping Rihanna – Evan Rogers

The music mogul who discovere Rihanna has spoken out about his protege for the first time since her much-publicised fight with boyfriend Chris Brown.
Producer Evan Rogers insists the good intentions of talk show hosts like Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks, who have publicly urged Rihanna to break off her romance with Brown, aren’t helping the Umbrella [...]