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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...

PM Stuart gives support to September 3rd Foundation

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart issued the following message in support of the September 3rd Foundation Inc.THE YEAR 2015 marks the fifth anniversary of the...

Mother wants normal life for daughter

NIASHA GREENIDGE is not the average four-year-old.Unlike other children her age, she cannot go outdoors to run and play. The little girl, who celebrates...

Robin gone with the music

THE DAY Robin Hunte succumbed to cancer was the day the music died for the Merrymen.“I think Robin’s passing is the end of an...

Woman to appear in court on drug charges

A CHRIST CHURCH woman is expected to appear in court today charged with drug-related offences after 5.5 pounds of cannabis were allegedly found in...

Hauler may shut shop

WASTE HAULERS in Barbados are dropping like flies.One hauler said his business was about to fold as his major clients were disappearing while another...

Roebuck Street reopens to traffic

WHILE IT WILL not be smooth sailing along Roebuck Street, there will be through traffic on one of the major arteries out of Bridgetown...