By Kimberley Cummins
In the entertainment industry, the road to success typically includes some rejection.
Some of the world’s biggest and brightest stars have shared stories of being rejected multiple times over the course of many years and performing odd jobs before that one big break came.
Jada Shada Hudson is no different. She auditioned for and failed twice to make it onto
By Marlon Madden
Nonsensical, is how Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Renee Coppin has described plans for a marina in the St Lawrence Gap area.
Coppin, who operates a hotel in the vicinity, told a meeting earlier this week that she believed there were several other areas across the island where the planned development could take place.
Questioning why
A High Court judge expressed his frustration at the slow pace at which murders cases, especially those involving guns, are being brought to trial, as he declared that the blame for the delays cannot be placed on the courts.The outspoken Justice Carlisle Greaves further suggested that there appeared to be “resistance” to his efforts to have firearm-related murder cases and other gun matters tried.“I have held my peace for some time and I have tried hard . . . but I can’t hold it any longer . . . . I want the public to understand it is not the court’s fault. We want to work. Let the fault go wherever it belongs,” he said on Monday.His comments came as he lamented that there was only one murder matter on a list of 20 cases on the first arraignment session of his No. 3 Supreme Court this year.The judge, who previously served more than 20 years on the bench in Bermuda, issued a call for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to bring the murder indictments befor
Thousands of secondary school students across the island will soon be asked to take a diagnostic test to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their mental health.Prime Minister Mia Mottley disclosed on Monday that the “diagnostic instrument” would be introduced for students in third to fifth form so that tailored measures can be implemented, where necessary, to help them cope better.Suggesting that the 2023/2024 Budget will make provision for this, Mottley highlighted the urgency of doing such, saying that further delay could result in major consequences in the future.“I have asked the Ministry of Education to ensure that we can introduce a diagnostic instrument in every secondary school for every third, fourth and fifth former to see where they are. We are conscious that the greatest tragedy other than those who were directly affected physically or in their households by COVID and the loss of persons with COVID have been our children,” she said.
Two local charities recently benefitted from a giveback initiative by the Allied Masonic Degrees District of South and East Caribbean.
Earlier this week, the Right Worshipful District Grand Prefect of the Order Richard Mayers and District Grand Director of Ceremonies Maurice Gaskin donated produce and money to assist the Salvation Army and Slow Food Kitchen in their charitable work which includes