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Change the country’s educational system or lose the battle against crime!That is the stern view of High Court Judge Justice Carlisle Greaves, who says there is need for the establishment of a remedial school for young, troubled youth.At the same time, the outspoken jurist has also called for an end to students being kicked out of school without alternative teaching options.Justice Greaves made the comments today in the No. 3 Supreme Court, just before sentencing three young men on a robbery charge.Shalom Batson, 26, 21-year-old Renanco Bovell and Carl Sealy, 23, had previously pleaded guilty to robbing Jamar Poulett of $427 on September 6, 2016.
Earlier Jonathan Forte was telling his grandmother he was going home to prepare a meal. A few hours later she had to hear the painful news that he was found hanging in his apartment.The news was relayed to her by Jonathan’s brother who told her via telephone that he had to “cut the sheet” to get his older brother down from where he was hanging at his Ashdeane Village, Black Rock, St Michael apartment on Wednesday night.Gentelia Nurse said the tears have been flowing and her body “trembling” ever since the fateful call.The grieving 75-year-old during an interview at her residence, a stone’s throw away from Forte’s apartment, told Barbados TODAY that her family is now searching for answers about why the father of three, ages 8, 7 and 2, would have taken his own life.Nurse said while she was unable to visit the scene, Forte’s mother and other relatives combed his apartment to see if he left a note, but found nothing.
Government will be spending more than $2 million to reopen Alma Parris Memorial School and turn the New Horizon Academy into Barbados’ newest secondary school. Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw announced this yesterday as the House of Assembly approved the related supplementary financing for the two institutions. She said the two schools catering to students with behavioural and learning challenges would provide other options for children who “seem to fall …
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