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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

Grant to chair NCC

Changes are in store for the National Conservation Commission (NCC).During a launch to mark the development of an orchard at the Nature Fun Ranch...

Officials: Increase in dengue fever cases in Grenada

St George – The Ministry of health is reporting a significant increase in the number of confirmed cases of dengue fever with the parishes...

Trinidad’s Minister of Education promises to address CSEC, CAPE results

Port of Spain - Minister of Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly has sought to assure  students and parents who have expressed concern over the CSEC/CAPE...

Registry of landlords

The Welfare Department is creating a national registry of landlords and properties used for rental to vulnerable clients.Chief Welfare Officer, Deborah Norville, explained that...

Low water pressure along West Coast

The Barbados Water Authority says customers along Highway 1 from the Lazaretto, St Michael, to Mount Standfast, St James, are likely to experience low...

Body of homeless man found in The City

President of the Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness Kemar Saffrey has called for greater inter-agency collaboration to assist homeless people.His comments came after the...

Bradshaw calls for ‘urgent probe’ into concerns over CAPE, CSEC results

Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw, has called on the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to conduct an “urgent investigation” into concerns...

Flash-flood warning

A flash-flood warning is in effect for north-western districts.Barbados Meteorological Services said it will be terminated at 6 p.m. today or sooner if conditions...

Lodge School closed

The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training has advised that The Lodge School at Society, St John, is closed due to an environmental...

Police identify shooting victim

A man who was shot and killed at Golden Rock, The Pine, St Michael on Wednesday has been identified as 38-year-old Randy Selman.Police said...