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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

Brazil’s President says reports of Amazon fires untrue

Brasilia - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie”, despite data...

Serious injuries as train derails in Scotland

Edinburgh - A number of people were seriously injured in a passenger train derailment on Wednesday morning on the east coast of Scotland, first minister...

New academy head eyes sports excellence

The new head of the Academy of Sport at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Dr Rudolph Alleyne, is hoping to...

Tackle bullying ‘at deeper level’

Expressing profound sadness for the suffering of ten-year-old Demarco Gibbs, who is in a coma at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after reportedly being struck...

Ex-chairman questions Auditor General’s report

Former chairman of the Transport Board, Anthony Wiltshire, is claiming that there are discrepancies in the Auditor General’s report, which has resulted in an...

All negative tests in CPL bubble

PORT OF SPAIN – All those who are involved in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have tested negative for COVID-19.Those who travelled into...

Temperature guns safe, says Chapman

Head of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit, Ronald Chapman has advised the public to ignore a message circulating on social media warning about the danger...

PAHO director: COVID-19 threatening fight against infectious diseases

Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Dr Carissa F. Etienne has warned that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is threatening to set...

MISSING: Sharaad Phillips

The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Sharaad Phillips, 28, of Lot 45 Parish Land, Christ Church.Phillips is 5...

Met Office still monitoring system

The Barbados Meteorological Services is continuing to closely monitor an area of low pressure centred near 12N 39.5W at 11 a.m. today.This feature is...