Jdae’s gift
Two-year-old Jdae Prescott jumped for joy yesterday when, for the first time in her life, she heard the barking of the dogs in the backyard of her St Thomas home. The toddler covered her eyes, ran to...
View ArticleLawrence T. Gay set to reopen tomorrow
Students of Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School are expected to return to the familiar surroundings of their classrooms tomorrow. The Spooner’s Hill, St Michael institution had been closed for most of the...
View ArticleScience, maths and technology are it!
People who study science, mathematics and technology thoroughly will have a better quality of life than those who do not. This was the advice Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education,...
View ArticleFormer PM bids farewell to father
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur today bade farewell to his father, saying he was an exemplary parent and community member. Delivering the eulogy before a packed All Saints Anglican Church in St...
View ArticleGoodbye dad
Government Minister Dr Esther-Byer Suckoo today bade farewell to her dad who spent half a century ministering God’s word to thousands. Delivering the eulogy at a thanksgiving service for her father,...
View ArticleGG’s advice
This country’s head of state is concerned about recent reports of violence in schools. And yesterday, as Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave addressed students at the Gordon Greenidge Primary School...
View ArticleTurn the other cheek
The children of businessman Colin Forde, who was gunned down at his sports bar and lounge on Baxter’s Road earlier this month, have been told by a member of the local priesthood not to seek revenge....
View ArticleAttorney calls for child abuse cases to be heard
The legal advisor to the Barbados Child Care Board (CCB) is upset that sexual abuse cases involving minors are taking months, sometimes years, to be heard by the law courts. Queen’s Counsel Beverley...
View Article‘Average’ hurricane season expected
Pay attention to the weather forecast, but also be prepared in case there is an emergency, says Acting Deputy Director of the Department Emergency Management (DEM) Captain Robert Harewood. Addressing...
View ArticleFarley defends principal
A retired principal, who is known for telling it like it is, wants the problem between parents and principal of the St Matthew’s Primary School resolved before the children are made to suffer the...
View ArticleTroubled couples urged to seek counseling
Two local pastors are urging couples experiencing problems to seek professional help instead of taking matters into their own hands. The advice comes on the heels of last weekend’s murder-suicide of a...
View ArticleUnexpected tragedy
The children of 62-year-old Reynold Ricardo Bear Jemmott who perished in a fire in his Wavell Gardens, Black Rock, St Michael home are shocked and saddened at the tragic way he lost his life. Speaking...
View ArticleShooting incident takes Speightstown by surprise
A shooting incident this morning in Church Street, Speightstown, has left a 30-year-old man nursing injuries at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). This evening, police spokesman David Welch said the...
View Article11-plus results announced
The results are in. The top student in this year’s Common Entrance Exam is Zachary Andrew Gill of St Gabriel’s. Gill, who passed for Queen’s College, got a total of 251.71 and scored an A on his...
View ArticleTop girl expresses delight
Simply delighted! That phrase best sums up the emotion of Adia Jovanna Deane, the top girl in this year’s Common Entrance Exam. Adia, who attends St Angela’s, received the good news a short while ago...
View ArticlePrivate Power
Private schools dominated the top positions in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) written by 3,527 students from 68 public and 26 private primary schools. Minister of...
View ArticleTop boy
It took some time for the achievement of Zachary Gill of St Gabriel’s Primary School to sink in today. Having been told that he was the top student in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance...
View ArticleMinistry and principal silent
Ministry of Education officials are tightlipped about the outcome of a meeting with teachers of St Matthew’s Primary School. Last week, angry parents of students at the Hothersal Turning, St Michael...
View ArticleJones unperturbed by Math results
Despite numerous complaints that the Mathematics paper in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination was difficult, Minister of Education Ronald Jones yesterday asserted that he had...
View ArticleLeading girl Adia
Eleven-year-old Adia Jovanna Deane of St Angela’s could not contain the excitement she felt when principal Kim Somerville announced that she was the top girl in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools...
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