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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

Two injured in separate shootings

Two men were injured in two separate shooting incidents in St Michael districts on Wednesday night.Police spokesman, acting inspector Rodney Inniss, confirmed the incidents...

UPDATE: One dead, one injured

One man is dead and another is nursing an injury to the abdomen in separate shooting incidents on Wednesday night.They occurred at Golden Rock,...

Senator Moore for St George North

The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) tonight named trade unionist Toni Moore the candidate for the St George North constituency.Moore, who is general secretary...

Hinds, Manning Safari winners

Willie Hinds and Wayne Manning defied overheating problems to drive away with top honours in last Sunday’s Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari.Hinds...

Welcome Stamp earns $1m.

Barbados has so far received $1 million worth in application fees for Government’s Welcome Stamp programme.Revealing this yesterday, Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins...

Caretakers told to look out for signs of abuse

Owners of elderly care facilities are being told to be on the lookout for signs of abuse.This appeal was made by Inspector Roland Cobbler...

Witness says she was raped over and over

A now 26-year-old woman tearfully recalled how Constable Jason Andre Callender raped her on several occasions at his house when she was 16 years...

US, China tensions flare over COVID-19

United Nations – Tensions between the United States and China came to the fore of the annual UN General Assembly in New York, with...

CARICOM Travel Bubble in operation

Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Antigua and Barbuda, have started operating the CARICOM Travel Bubble, with the hope of resuscitating the...

Mia: Rename Cave Hill Campus after Owen

Government wants the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Cave Hill Campus to be renamed after former Prime Minister Owen Arthur.Prime Minister Mia Mottley...