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HOLY BASIL In a nod to the Christian festival of Lent, Better Health takes a look at another healing herb called ‘holy basil’. Known for centuries as ‘tulsi’ in India, it has been traditionally used for its ability to support a healthy response to stress, natural detoxification, boost to immunity, increase of stamina, endurance and energy, as well as restoring balance and harmony

SKIPPING CH AL LE NG E April 2021 23 SKIPPING IS PART OF OUR HISTORY AS A PASTIME, WITH NO GENDER BIAS, SKIPPING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STAPLE OF EVERY YOUNG BARBADIAN’S UPBRINGING by Katrina Welch To get people moving while holding on to the Barbadiana lifestyle.” This is the goal of the local family fun skipping challenge which was launched earlier this year by Government

TESTIMONY OF A MEDICAL C A N N A B I S USER In 2013, Barbadian Marvin King arrived at his job as an assistant psychologist at a mental health hospital in England. What started out to be a normal day, in turn began a journey for Marvin that he could not have ever predicted. “I was struck on the head with an object thrown by a patient. With that, I suffered a mild concussion

There is a mad rush for flying fish ahead of the Easter weekend. Before the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex opened at 8 a.m., scores of people...

The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre recorded a 5.6 magnitude tremor around 2:35 a.m. about 130km to the north east of...

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...