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Two men were robbed of their possessions in separate, unrelated incidents that involved the use of firearms.

REAL News understands that a 34-year-old Parham man was held at gunpoint by two men while he reportedly was charging his phone and waiting for a friend at the King George V Ground.

Reportedly, the two assailants had approached him and made demands for money, and the taller of the two men fired a shot that grazed the man’s left knee.

After taking the victim’s black designer bag, along with his Samsung cellular phone, the alleged robbers then made good their escape

The matter was reported to the Grays Farm Police Station.

The men are said to be dark in complexion, with the shorter male being about 5’5” in height.  He was wearing a pair of khaki shorts, a white T-shirt, and black socks with brown slippers.

His accomplice reportedly is about 5’9” tall and slimly built.

The victim had to be treated for the injury he sustained during the robbery, which took place at about 10:45 p.m. on August 4.

Reportedly, the Police searched extensively for the perpetrators, including in the Ottos area and other surrounding communities, but did not find them.

In another incident, a 35-year-old Valley Road man also reported to the Grays Farm Police Station that he had been robbed, at gunpoint, of a gold chain, gold bracelet and gold ring, as well as a silver ring, $500 cash, and two Dominican Republic passports.

Reports say the man had been walking with his girlfriend on Tindale Road when he was approached by two men who demanded money.

Reportedly, after he told them he did not have any cash, both men brandished firearms and removed his shoulder bag, which contained the passports and money.

The robbers then ripped the chain from around his neck, removed his bracelet, and ordered him to remove his rings.

Reports say the gun-toting bandits then ran through a footpath, making good their escape.

One of the men is described as tall, and the other short and wearing a tam and dark clothing.

A search for them in the surrounding areas was not successful.

This offence reportedly occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on August 5.

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Popular, veteran moderator and broadcast journalist David Ellis is chastising Barbadians for sitting quietly by instead of voicing their concerns to the powers that be in an attempt to bring about positive changes.

This kind of information is not available to the public. My question is, shouldn’t it?

“You all sit down in this country and go through all sorts of stuff and say ab-so-lute-ly nothing. You don’t question these things. Behave as though it is business as usual and therefore, does it get better? No! Keeping quiet doesn’t make it any better. It gets worse.

“So is it worth it to just remain silent when you paying all of these taxes and you expect that these systems are going to work for you? And if they’re failing, you have to draw them to the attention of those who have responsibility for them,” he urged.

Ellis made the comment after complimenting the organisers behind an Eye Clinic, being held at Sandals until August 11. He said that he received reports that over 300 people were in attendance for the free Eye Clinic. And he purported that someone told him the government should see this overwhelming response as proof that Barbados needs more eye clinics; at least four, were proposed.

This led him to say, “This is an area where, you hear Barbados is a place where you can get this and get that, but try to get it sometimes. The kind of stress that some people have to go through just to get that kind of public attention is immense. Because the system does not work as efficiently as it ought to. So, therefore, if there is this rush to see these ophthalmologists the question that we should be asking is, why this is happening? And what can be done to address it?

“But there is another question we need to ask, how many people can’t see because they can’t get to the ophthalmologist that would normally be available in the polyclinic and the public health system? Of course, we don’t get these details. This kind of information is not available to the public. My question is, shouldn’t it?”

He added that in today’s Barbados the predominant issues, not peculiar to Barbados, are the rise in fuel and cost of living, and most Bajans will say, “They expect that the government of Barbados to find the solutions because they elected the government of Barbados to find the solutions.”

But he challenged, “I don’t believe that that is the only way we should look at it because we are all in this together, and we have to be mindful of the fact that Barbados has limited resources and it requires more heads, more people putting their heads together to try to find the solutions to the problems. Do not buy into that narrative that comes from some that only the government has good ideas.

“The government promised you its Covenant of Hope, that there would be greater democracy, and that people should be able to participate, this is the time to put them to the test!”

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Three men were arrested and charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm following an incident at a supermarket in Orange Lane, Montego Bay, St James on July 31.

Charged are: Doni Malcolm, 25, otherwise called ‘CJ’, of Paradise Row; Nathan Campbell, 29, otherwise called ‘Bubinile’, a chef also of Paradise Row; and Matthew Reid, 27, of William Street in Montego Bay, St James.

Reports from the police are that about 10:44am, all three men entered the supermarket where they allegedly robbed the owner of several cartons of cigarettes and $100,000 before escaping in a Toyota Fielder motor car.

A report was made to the police who subsequently conducted an intelligence-led vehicular check point operation along the Unity Hall main road in the parish, where a vehicle fitting the description of the one the alleged robbers were travelling in was seen.

The driver was signalled to stop, and he complied. The vehicle was searched and several cartons of cigarettes were found. The men were arrested and charged after a question-and-answer session. They are to appear before the Western Regional Gun Court on Wednesday, August 24.

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A mother of three was stabbed to death this evening during a fight in Sophia, Georgetown.

Dead is Vanessa Anderson.

Reports are that Anderson and one of her neighbours were in a heated dispute when a fight ensued.

According to reports, the neighbour’s sister then ran out with a knife and handed it to her sister, who stabbed Anderson.

The injured woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The suspects have since turned themselves into custody.

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In dit artikel geeft Ivan Fernald, auteur van het boek ‘Het roer moet om. Actieplannen voor beter onderwijs’, een reflectie

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