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Harrison College extended their dominance of the Powerade Secondary Inter-School Swimming Championships with their 10th girls’ title on the trot, and 11th consecutive boys’ triumph yesterday at the Barbados Aquatic Centre. The “Kolij” swimmers recorded comfortable victories in both gender categories, as the girls swept away all challengers to amass a whopping 327 points, ahead of Christ Church Foundation’s 172, and Queen’s College’s 119. Fourth was The St Michael School …

An explosion of talent is expected over the coming days when the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) Performing Arts finals in Music…

By Morissa Lindsay It is expected that the Usain Bolt Sports Complex will be rocking as the 2023 Dasani/Powerade-sponsored Barbados Secondary Schools Athletic Championships (BSSAC) returns to its original format starting with the zonal meets and finals in March. During a press launch held this afternoon in the Media Resource room at Harrison College, Crumpton Street, it was announced that BSSAC and

They may have loss the tug of war but when the dust settled, Purple House was declared the undisputed inter-house champion at St Lawrence Primary. Those purple monsters beat Orange House into second position and left Gold House hanging on by a thread when their annual sports was held today at the Deighton Griffith Secondary School. Last time in 2019, Gold house

The Ministry of Education may review the date for this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE), widely known as the Common Entrance Exam or the 11-Plus. It is scheduled to be held on May 2, up from July 5 in 2022, and the earliest since the pandemic years. Some members of the public are calling for it to be later in the term. “The public had put out there …

Minister of State with responsibility for Crime Prevention Corey Lane has urged parents not to panic about school security, even as the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) called for action to be taken to deal with the growing problem of violence in schools.The advice and call came on the heels of recent reports of stabbings and other acts of violence at the island’s educational institutions.The comments were also triggered by an incident at the Deighton Griffith Secondary School on Thursday to w...

Pinelands women’s football team produced an outstanding and commanding display to be crowned the Barbados Football Association (BfA) Women’s Super League Plate champions. Last night at the BFA Wildey Turf, the Pine ladies defeated Mavericks SC

It was not so long ago, a year to be exact, that the country engaged in a raging debate over the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Some were strongly for taking the vaccine while others were vehemently against it.In many instances, those against were made to feel like Public Enemy #1. This was so not only in Barbados but the world over. The marginalisation and discrimination towards those who refused to take the jab was evident through loss of rights, loss of jobs, loss o...

Former Barbados and West Indies allrounder Dwayne Smith now has a unique record in the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Twenty20 Cup Championship.Twelve days after celebrating his 39th birthday, the Bayview Hospital YMPC captain and all-rounder became the first batter to score three centuries in the Tournament, which started in 2008.Opener Smith slammed 124 not out off 74 balls with 17 threes and 13 fours in a total of 167 for three against Wanderers at Beckles Road in Series 2 last Sunday.But...

Kishawna Niles captured the Under-20 girls sprint double to open the 2022 local track and field season in blazing style on Saturday at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex. Niles, the 17-year-old Deighton Griffith star sprinter who switched from Elite Distance Programme to Velocity Management, signalled her intent to book a spot on Barbados’ CARIFTA team heading to Jamaica in April, coming within touching distance of last year’s 100 metre standard …