“We are not making much ado about nothing.” That was the way organisers of the Watch Out My Children Rally responded to critics who questioned why they were still protesting months after the controversial InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) survey was administered to hundreds of children. Entertainer Sean ‘Apache’ Carter, who along with Marcia Weekes are members of the rally’s committee, said that because laws such as the Data Protection Act …
Chief executive officer of Supreme Counselling for Personal Development, Shawn Clarke, does not favour suspension from school as a disciplinary measure for children. “Why is it that we are putting young people out of the school system at 16 and 17 and some of them cannot spell or write their names?” he asked. “I am not an advocate for suspension. I believe that suspending a child is like sending the …
Thousands of revellers took over Bushy Park when We Ting returned to St Philip early Sunday morning. The highly anticipated J’ouvert jump up was one of several events scheduled as part of Imagine Weekend. It began around 2 a.m. under the theme Bacchanal Tribe. The participants, who mostly wore yellow in recognition of Barbados’ Independence, partied way beyond sunrise as they were doused in paint, powder and water. Several deejays …
The 2023 Rhodes Scholar is encouraging Caribbean youth not to doubt their abilities. Alyssa Mohammed gave that advice on Tuesday at State House, Government Hill, St Michael, after she was announced as the winner of the prestigious international postgraduate award. “I always say you may feel these things are for someone else or for somebody better than you, but believe in yourself. We as people, we can do it,” a …
Barbadian health officials welcomed 122 Ghanaian nurses at the Grantley Adams International Airport this morning. They arrived on board Euro Atlantic around 8:50 a.m. to meet rainy conditions. As a result, they had to be transported to an airbus after the exited the aircraft. https://youtu.be/ckz1WcUeawQ Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Anton Best and Executive Chairman at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland were there to greet them. The nurses are …