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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

Meeting to talk school safety

The Ministry of Education is set to meet with stakeholders to discuss the reopening of schools in September. This was revealed yesterday by Minister of...

Consultants ‘too costly’

Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley has rapped Government for the number of consultants it has and the cost to taxpayers.As the House of Assembly...

Three more Ghanaian nurses test positive for virus

Three more Ghanaian nurses tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after being retested yesterday at the seven-day mark.The three are “among 95 nurses who...

Special honour for Barriteau

Professor The Most Honourable Eudine Barriteau received special recognition today when the auditorium at The Ellerslie School was named in her honour.Barriteau, Pro Vice-Chancellor...

State funeral for Arthur on August 14

The service for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Owen Seymour Arthur will be held on Friday, August 14 at 2 p.m. at...

US issues travel advisory for Barbados

The United States on Thursday issued a Level 3 Travel Advisory for Barbados.The advisory asked US citizens to reconsider travel to Barbados due to “health...

Press conference on funeral arrangements for Arthur

Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations and representative for St Peter, Colin Jordan, will host a press conference today at 3:30 p.m.Jordan is...

Travel bubble for specific countries

The following is an edited version of a statement from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. on Government’s implementation of a travel bubble. Government has implemented a...

FTC decision on electricity outages by September

The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) is in the final phase of its investigation into the nationwide electricity outages of November 2019, with a decision...

BBC flooded with complaints over use of N-word

London – The BBC has received more than 18 600 complaints about the use of a racial slur in a TV news report.The N-word...