Trump’s sweeping immunity claim rejected by US appeals court
SOURCE: Reuters: Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, bringing the former U.S. president a step closer to an unprecedented criminal trial. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump’s […]
BTColumn – Wangari Maathai: Environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) was a Kenyan environmental activist. She founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970s seeking to promote environmental conservation in Kenya and Africa. She became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” After campaigning for the restoration of […]
Barbados defeat Jamaica to avoid Davis Cup relegation
Kaipo Marshall has done it again. The 21-year-old delivered another performance for the ages on Sunday to rescue Barbados’ hopes of staying in Davis Cup Group II, clinching victory in the final match of the tie to lift them over Jamaica 3-2. Playing at the Eric Bell Centre in Kingston, Jamaica, the US-based Marshall overcame […]
Ambassadors, teams honoured at gala night
Parish pride took centre stage on Saturday night as the teams involved in the Parish Ambassador programmes for 2022 and 2023 were honoured by the Community Independence Celebrations Secretariat. A dinner and awards ceremony held at Sandals Barbados Resort featured a performance by pannist Hashim Durant, a past representative of St Philip in the competition, […]
Gun importation trial to begin on Wednesday
The trial of three people accused of conspiracy to import firearms into Barbados almost eight years ago is set to begin on Wednesday in the No. 3 Supreme Court. Akem Marvon Waithe, 32, of Greens, St George; Skye Yasmin Lecreta Murray, 36, of Perry Gap, Roebuck Street, St Michael; and 50-year-old Colin Alfonso Wooding of […]
PSV driver recalls seeing conductor stabbed after pursuing man
A public service vehicle (PSV) driver testified on Monday that he saw Kemar Gooding chasing a man in the Constitution River Terminal who later “juck” him with something before running off. Testifying in the murder trial of Jamar Ricardo Watson in Supreme Court No. 4, Korey Marshall said he was driving along the road to […]
Landscaper on gun, ammo charges
A 29-year-old landscaper will spend the next three weeks at Dodds Prison after being charged with firearm and ammunition offences. Julian Omari Cave of Arthur’s Road, Parish Land, Christ Church appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Monday, accused of using a firearm on January 20 without a valid […]
COURT CALL
The following persons are asked to report to Supreme Court No. 4 at the Supreme Court Complex, Whitepark Road, St Michael, on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 9 a.m.: Derek Albert Lekha – Maxwell Main Road, Christ Church Kwame Everton Yearwood – Groves Tenantry, St George Fitzroy Sabastian Thomas – Paradise Village, Market Hill, St […]
Courts closing early for judge’s funeral
Magistrates Courts and High Court will close early on Thursday to allow the judiciary, magistracy and staff of the Registration Department to attend the funeral service of the late Justice of Appeal Jefferson Cumberbatch. The Court of Appeal situated at the Supreme Court Complex, Whitepark Road, St Michael and the High Courts of the Supreme […]
Walters, Estwick silent of DLP Shadow Cabinet snub
Prominent Democratic Labour Party (DLP) member Ryan Walters is mum on his exclusion from party leader Dr Ronnie Yearwood’s Shadow Cabinet which was named on Saturday. “I reserve comment at this time,” is all Walters would tell Barbados TODAY on Monday, when asked for his response to being left out of the team. Walters was […]