Glowing tributes from family, friends and members of both political parties flowed at the St Matthias Anglican Church in Union Island during the home going service for the late Dennie Wilson on Monday, May 8.
On December 16, 2022, Francine "Singing Francine" Edwards died at her home in New York. On February 6, at a memorial service held at the St Mathias Anglican Church, Barbados, poet and storyteller Miguel Browne was among those who paid tribute to her. The following is an edited version of his eulogy. The words of
Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), Commodore Errington “Ricky” Shurland, has pledged to rebrand the BDF Sports Programme (BDFSP). He made the commitment on Sunday during the BDF’s 43rd annual church service at St Matthias Anglican Church, St Matthias, Christ Church. “We are working towards a rebranded sports programme. In the past, the sports programme has excelled in football, cricket, boxing, table tennis and athletics,” he said. …
Entrepreneurship, finance and business training should be on the curriculum of all schools, starting at the primary level. The recommendation was made Dr Lisa Jaggernauth, a University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer in social work and sociology, during a panel discussion on Sunday organised by the Christ Church West branch of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which she heads. “We need more entrepreneurship opportunities,” she told a packed hall …
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