VIDEO: Thicketts Plantation for sale?
Residents of Thicketts, St Philip, are getting uneasy over activity involving agricultural land which they have been utilising for many years.
A day before Barbados...
Reggae legend Bunny Wailer passes away
Kingston - Jamaica is mourning the death of reggae legend Bunny Wailer, who passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 73.
The three-time...
Getting Past the Wall
Getting
Past the Wall
BETTER FAMILIES
by
Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker
If someone had told us that the coronavirus restrictions would have been in place almost a year later and life as we know would remain upended, many of us would have laughed. Yet this is reality one year later. With another round of increased
CHILDREN’S HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
by
Katrina Welch
Caring for your teeth does not begin in adulthood. In fact, from the time a baby’s first teeth appear brushing should begin as told by local dental practitioner Dr. Lois Applewhite-Holford. In our last edition of Better Health magazine, she shared information on teeth brushing and dental visits for children as we recognised the observance of Children’s Dental Health Awareness
SCREEN TIME AND YOUR BODY
SCREEN TIME
AND YOUR BODY
by
Katrina Welch
Now it’s time to start my day… and spoiler alert... after spending my entire day staring at my laptop to complete my work, you better believe that to unwind tonight I’m going to watch movies and chill until it’s time to sleep and start the cycle all over again.
Screens are all around us. The use of computers, televisions, tablets
EXAMINING SLEEP: Why, How and How Much?
EXAMINING SLEEP:
Why, How and How Much?
One of my biggest regrets in adulthood is not recognising the true value of sleep. I definitely regret every nap which I did not take as a child; I would love to make use of some of that valuable sleep time now.
Adult life is hectic and admittedly, for those of us who are seeking to successfully manage a career, care for a family, pursue further