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Classes at Frederick Smith Secondary School were disrupted after a female teacher was hit in the head with a rock thrown by a student (June 12). She sought medical attention and reported the incident to police. This marks the second recent case of student-on-teacher violence at the school; another teacher was previously injured by a…

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CBC Barbados posted the following to their website today (April 30): “Police are conducting investigations into an alleged drugging and abduction. In a three-minute video that has gone viral on social media, a woman is seen relating her experience with two men, whom she said she met while on holiday to the island. Responding to…

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A tragic hit-and-run incident on Wednesday claimed the life of 50-year-old Police Sergeant Antonio Rochester of the Marine Department, who served in the Royal Barbados Police Force for over 30 years. The incident occurred around 1:50 p.m. on Tudor Bridge main road, St. Michael, when Rochester was struck by a motor truck. The vehicle continued…

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