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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

Bostic wants nursing school

An appeal is being made for Barbados to establish a nursing school.Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic made the call yesterday during the launch of...

Top doc not budging

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George is standing firm.He is sticking with his decision to sign a letter of clearance for new Minister...

Rowley says PNM won election

Port of Spain – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Monday night declared victory for his ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) in the general elections...

Voting continues after 6 p.m.

Port of Spain – 6 p.m. came and went but the voting continued because there were hundreds of people still lined up at some...

Virus cases at 143

A 52-year-old man, who came into the island on a chartered flight yesterday, has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The Ministry of Health and...

Trinidad’s top cop: We did not block voters

Port of Spain – Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith is responding to the letter sent to him by general secretary of the United National...

Ghanaian nurse being treated for malaria

One of the nurses from Ghana is being treated for malaria.Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George made the announcement earlier this evening at a...

What is Malaria?

Malaria is transmitted through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito.There are around 30 species of Anopheles mosquito which can spread malaria, and they...

Met Office monitoring system

The Barbados Meteorological Services is monitoring an area of low pressure centred near 10.5N 35W at 3 p.m., today. This feature is associated with...

Researchers forecast ‘extremely active’ hurricane season

Colorado – Hurricane researchers in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU) have increased their forecast, predicting now “an extremely active”...