Twenty-two sixth-form students of Campion College are in Barbados to experience life at Harrison College until the end of the month, as part of the Harrison-Campion Student Exchange Programme.
The Harrison-Campion Student Exchange Programme starte
By Brittany Brewster
Twenty-two sixth-form students of Campion College in Jamaica will get to experience life at Harrison College until the end of the month, as part of the Harrison-Campion Student Exchange Programme.
The visit comes as a result of a partnership that started last year, when 20 sixth-form students from Harrison College visited Campion College in Kingston, Jamaica, on October
Two men who pleaded guilty to robbing a convenience store eight years ago have been ordered to pay a combined $30 000 in fines.Justice Carlisle Greaves recently imposed the sentence on Dwayne Alastair Dyall, of 4th Avenue Harts Gap, Christ Church and Ramon Ricardo Callender, of No 3 Grazettes, New Road, St Michael.The men had pleaded guilty in the No. 3 Supreme Court to entering, as trespassers, First Stop Convenience Store, on July 11, 2014, and stealing $6 195.38 belonging to S and L Management Services Ltd.Senior State Counsel Neville Watson told the court that seven employees were on duty at the business located at Thorpes Main Road, St James on the mentioned date when two masked men entered and robbed the establishment.The culprits then fled but police investigations later led to the two suspects.
Drax Hall is an imposing, grey stone residence built for a 17th‑century entrepreneur who revolutionised the Caribbean sugar industry, and helped make Britain the wealthiest nation.
Lawyers practising at the local Bar have welcomed Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham’s recommendation to overhaul and modernise the judicial system. They say, it’s long overdue.Barry Gale, King’s Counsel and a council member of the Barbados Bar Association (BBA) said on Thursday that for years respective bar council leaders have unsuccessfully advocated for the modernisation of the judicial system.“This is nothing new as far as the Bar is concerned. Successive presidents of the bar council have been advocating for years to the judicial council for modernisation of the judicial system and for more resources. In particular, I welcome the imminent appointment of a court administrator. We have reached out to successive Attorneys General to try to get that implemented, without any success for over 10 years now,” Gale said in an interview with Barbados TODAY. In a candid speech on Tuesday, the Chief Justice stressed the need to address severe staff shortages in the judiciary