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Council backs move to deal with truancy

The Barbados National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (BNCPTA) is supporting the Ministry of Education Transformation in its attempt to deal with truancy. President Nicole Brathwaite told the DAILY NATION that the BNCPTA...

Backs turned on the elderly

Barbadians are not only abandoning their elderly relatives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) but are also resorting...

Update: Missing teen traced

Fourteen-year-old Keimone Donica Speede of Upper Carters Gap, Enterprise B, Christ Church, who was reported missing on Tuesday,...

‘Be smarter about children’s academics’

Parents must exhibit a level of intelligence when it comes to their children’s academic futures, says Chief Education...

Traffic diversion due to pole fire along Highway 7

The Barbados Police Service is advising the public of a traffic diversion due to a pole fire along...

Case dismissed against Slinger, Harper

VETERAN JOURNALIST Timothy McDonald Slinger and public service vehicle operator Don Winfield Harper walked out of the District "A" Magistrates' Court today without a...

PM defends decision

ROSEAU – The Dominica government has defended its decision not to impose a state of emergency in the country after Tropical Storm Erika killed...

Barbados committed to energy security

THE IMPORTANCE OF energy security to Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean was underscored during a meeting between Minister with responsibility for Energy,...

Jahan’s father wants answers

JOHN KING has returned to Barbados on a mission – to find out how his six-year-old son Jahan King died.The 33-year-old, who was in...

Suspected drowning

 THE BODY OF an unidentified man was found at the Shallow Draught docking area Spring Garden, St Michael earlier this afternoon.Members of the Royal...

No donation too small

NO DONATION is too big or too small.This was an appeal made at the launch of Honey Jam 2015 by entertainer Nikita Warrington, who...