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Labour Matters 13: Victimisation in the workplace

What should you do if you think you are...

Tridents’ challenge

It will be a challenging task for the senior...

COVID-19 Update for Saturday, April 23

New COVID-19 cases numbered 355 (156 males and 199...

Lifestyle

PG 3 What’s in a number? PG 6 Maternity Matters PG 8 Adolescent Health PG 10 Better Families PG 12 Pandemic fatigue & burnout PG 14 Fitness in small spaces PG 16 Cleaning contact lenses Nutrition PG 18 Food combinations Pt.2 PG 20 Replacing refined grains PG 22 Water watch Pt.1 PG 24 Dietician Victoria Cox Health PG 26 Nicole Carter’s nutrition PG 28 The Delta variant

Editor’s Note

This month’s issue takes more of a turn along the road of nutrition, great health and well-being. There are features on fitness, how much sun to actually take in, how ultraviolet rays affects your skin, and information about the Delta variant of COVID, among other informative articles. One highlight is the feature on the Better Health resident Nutritionist, Victoria Cox, as we continue

Maternity Matters

Maternity Matters by Midwife Andrea Jordan Three Troubleshooting Solutions for your Breastfeeding Woes! Why is breastfeeding such a struggle? What am I doing wrong? These are the words spoken by many a new mother in the early days with their newborns. Let’s face it, even though breastfeeding is supposed to be a natural process, for some mothers, and babies, it can be a real

Official: Largest turnout in decades

Close to 1 000 votes were cast over the last two days as members of the Democratic Labour Party continued the second day of...

$15M Road Works

Barbados’ Platinum Coast will get a $15.2 million upgrade starting in another two weeks, after 20 years without rehabilitative work.And it should all be...

Parents cancel protest action

A group of concerned parents from Frederick Smith Secondary School, who were set to stage a protest last week over the transfer of former...

Only five remain in isolation

Three people will be discharged from the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St Lucy on Saturday after receiving a second consecutive negative test result...

Brazil Carnival delayed

RIO DE JANEIRO – Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazil’s most famous Carnival parade that would normally have...

Woman rescued from backyard well

The woman who fell into a well at her St Michael home is currently being treated at the nearby Queen Elizabeth Hospital.Police have not...

Japan scaling back some parts of Olympic Games

TOKYO – Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday proposed cutting back the number of staff at next year’s Summer Games and shortening the...

Fire Service trying to rescue woman from well

A rescue effort to retrieve a woman who fell into a well is underway at Henry’s Lane, St Michael.Crews from the Barbados Fire Service,...

PM warns against trying to separate Antigua and Barbuda

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne criticised leaders on Barbuda who are seeking to end the existing relationship between...

Small Business Association elects new president

Neil Corbin is the new president of the Small Business Association (SBA) of Barbados.The owner of the manufacturing firm NPURE Water Filtration Inc. and...