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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

Fogging Schedule September 14 to 18, 2020

The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues its fogging exercise this week in St Peter, St James, St Michael...

Met Office issues flash-flood warning

The Barbados Meteorological Services has upgraded a flash-flood watch for northern and northwestern districts to a flash-flood-warning.The warning will be terminated at 6 p.m....

BWA to conduct repairs at Jamestown Park

The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be conducting emergency repairs to a 16-inch burst main in Jamestown Park, St James on Monday, September 14.As a result,...

Flash-flood watch in effect

The Barbados Meteorological Services today issued a flash-flood watch for northern and northwestern districts.The flash-flood watch is valid until 6 p.m. and may be...

New Grand Slam champion to be crowned

NEW YORK – Austria’s Dominic Thiem and Germany’s Alexander Zverev will vie for the U.S. Open tennis title on Sunday in a final that...

UPDATE: Monesh Persaud found

The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) said today 35-year-old Monesh Persaud has been found alive.Persaud, a native of Guyana, who resides at Belview Gap,...

Pompeo to visit Guyana this week

GEORGETOWN – The United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, is due to make to two-day visit here this week, a senior Guyana government official...

Sudan declares state of emergency

KHARTOUM – Sudanese authorities and the United Nations are rolling out aid to tens of thousands who lost their homes in record Nile floods,...

Wildfires ravage Pacific Northwest

PORTLAND, Oregon – Search and rescue crews using dogs combed through neighbourhoods left in blackened ruins by massive wildfires burning across three states on...

Boyce making a comeback

Former Barbados national football captain Emmerson Boyce is back.Four years after calling time on an illustrious 18-year career in which he won the coveted...