Some parents of students of Lawrence T Gay Memorial School were left fuming at the gates on Monday after it was closed once again. One such parent, Corey Sealy, had to leave work and return for his son. “I’m getting tired of this, you send school your children and before the morning out, you getting call to come back for them. I didn’t hear anything today though and you can’t …
About 250 people will be employed during the construction phase of the $100 million Indigo Hotel in Hastings, Christ Church. Developer James Edgehill says there won’t be much activity during this early phase of the project, which is the preparing of the foundation. “Over the last five weeks, we have carried out the test piles, which is integral to ascertain the capacity of the piles. We are at the stage …
Lawrence T Gay Memorial Primary School was abruptly closed on Tuesday. Parents told a Nation News team they did not know why it was closed, but at 8 a.m., they were told to pick up their children. One parent said she was frustrated that this school was always closing for one reason or the other. Attempts to speak to the principal were unsuccessful. The school has been affected by a …
The Barbados Police Service (BPS) has launched another internal investigation, this time into the leaking of a statement to social media. Acting Commissioner of Police Erwin Boyce said a senior lawman was probing the leak of the file in which Member of Parliament Neil Rowe was accused of rape. “We have launched an investigation and I can assure you that it is assigned to a very senior officer who is …
Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) president Rudy Lovell says negotiations on salary increases in the public sector are a step in the right direction. “Any discussion to the improvement of the lives of workers is a plus and we are happy that the Government has commenced the negotiations for salary discussions,” Lovell said yesterday after the union began its Teachers’ Week with a church service at the People’s Cathedral, Bishop’s …