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Sandra Marcella Gittens is new Barbados ambassador to Cuba

Sandra Marcella Gittens is Barbados’ new Ambassador to Cuba, having begun the accreditation process following a meeting with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal. Gittens presented her copy of Letters...

Heal trade union rift, urges PM

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is calling for unity among the country’s trade unions, emphasising the importance of...

Weir described as a godsend

Family, friends and former colleagues gathered yesterday to give thanks for the life of Shelley Elizabeth Weir, MBE,...

Push to modernise transport

Government is getting some expert assistance to help it modernise and transform the public transport sector. This includes a...

Overturned truck causes traffic back-up

An overturned truck near the Norman Niles Roundabout has caused a back up of traffic.  Police are on the...

BL&P: 70 per cent of electricity restored

The Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P) said today that electricity has been safely restored to 70 per cent of customers. “Despite this progress, there...

Face-to-face classes resume Thursday

The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) wishes to inform the public that any scheduled face-to-face classes at all schools will resume...

Editor’s Note

The furore caused by the Trojan Riddim brought into sharp focus just how impactful and influential lyrics in music can be.The discourse continues to be about “the songs on the Trojan Riddim”, but really it’s the lyrics that could incite violence and hate that people have a problem with. The music of the riddim tells a very different story. Those stories could be about positive

Maternity Matters

Maternity Matters by Midwife Andrea Jordan “ TOUCH IS THE FIRST LANGUAGE WE SPEAK”. These are the famous words of Stephen Gaskin, late husband to one of America’s most well-known midwives Ina May Gaskin, and they sum up humanity’s basic need for communication through physical interaction and touch. The bonding that results is the attachment which develops between both parents

ADOLESCENT HEALTH

ADOLESCENT HEALTH by Nakiah Thomas-Edwards THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION PRESENTS SOME KEY FACTS ABOUT ADOLESCENTS THAT SPARK COMPARISON WITH BARBADOS STATISTICS. According to the WHO over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2019, nearly 5000 every day. The report also stated that young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of

SUPPORTING A FAMILY MEMBER WITH PSYCHOSIS

SUPPORTING A FAMILY MEMBER WITH PSYCHOSIS by Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker Since I have been a clinician, I have had individuals on various occasions call me often in a panic about a family member who has started to exhibit bizarre behaviour. Nothing is scarier than experiencing a family member who appears to hear