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The Education Ministry is promising to do more about asbestos problems in schools, with tighter controls over detection and removal.

The Education Ministry is promising to do more about asbestos problems in schools, with tighter controls over detection and removal. Builders and a...

By RNZ The Education Ministry is promising to do more about asbestos problems in schools, with tighter controls over detection and removal. Builders and a...

An Auckland school's efforts to get rid of asbestos has been so tough its principal thought of quitting the job.

By Phil Pennington of RNZ An Auckland school’s efforts to get rid of asbestos has been so tough its principal thought of quitting the job, while the builder...

Evangelical Christian School of Fort Myers made the deal official this week, purchasing the Hodges University campus for $28.6 million. 

By Sheria Brathwaite The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is partnering with the University of the West Indies (UWI) to revitalise the Barbados Landship programme. The two entities started a three-month training course last Wednesday to give dancers and other interested members of the public accreditation in the historical movement. During the launch of the certificate course at the NCF headquarters in West Terrace,

Like many Caribbean nations, Barbados faces two distinct crises. On the one hand, the island now imports almost 90% of the food consumed. On the other, levels of obesity and associated diseases have risen, largely because people are eating processed products and calorie-dense foods, most of which are imported. Agritourism, which links farmers and agribusinesses to the tourist market, could play a significant role in tackling both these problems and CTA is working closely with local partners to e...

NIFCA Online is moving into high gear with its content as the country celebrates this Independence/Republic weekend. This Saturday, the festival celebrates the works of dance icon and master choreographer, Gene 'Carson' Cumberbatch-Lynch with&nbsp

May 15, 2021 After a long break, the Barbados Dance Theatre Company resumed face-to-face classes today at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society Wall Garden Theatre with significantly less students in attendance. Artistic Director John Hunte says although all involved are happy to be in each other’s company once again, the Theatre Company has lost “quite a few students”, due to the challenges of facilitating online classes. Hunte said: “One, we would have had challenges wi...