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Eight months after the launch of the National Peace Programme, its director Akil Daley has been removed. Sources told the DAILY NATION he was given his walking papers last week. When contacted about this development, Corey Lane, Minister of State in the Attorney General’s Office with responsibility for Crime Prevention and who conceptualised the programme, said Daley, who was the face of the unconventional programme aimed at saving at-risk youth, …

In celebrating the bond they share with listeners, the announcers of Starcom Network’s Voice of Barbados (VOB) joined avid fans on a scenic bus ride yesterday. More than 900 enthusiastic listeners booked their spot for the Across VOB Country scenic bus ride which offered an opportunity to meet and chat with their favourite radio personalities from the 92.9 FM station, such as Carol Toppin, Larry Mayers and Ken Husbands among …

To make matters worse, it is reported that the moderator reprimanded one of the panellists for comparing the activities of the Israeli regime and its supporters to those of Hitler and his Nazis. Again, it is difficult to understand what would have prompted the moderator to do this. At the most charitable, it would be…

There is nothing wrong with the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE), says educator Jeff Broomes. The problem, he added, was how it was being used. The retired secondary school principal and consultant was one of the guests on Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday radio call-in programme yesterday discussing education reform. “They keep talking about this Class 4 exam but there is nothing wrong with a primary school exit exam. There are exams …

A number of students who left Springer Memorial Secondary School yesterday distressed and in tears, along with their parents, said they believe a simulation exercise went too far. The drill lasted only four minutes but it resulted in chaos as it left some children and teachers in fear and panic as two masked men ran through the school as part of the scenario, banging on doors and reportedly armed with …

Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams and the Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds (far left), signing ...

(Stock Photo) The National Petroleum Corporation (NPC) has advised that excavation work will be carried out along River Road, Bridgetown, in the westbound d ...

Earlier today, radio stations of the Starcom Network published a news report, apparently based on a voice note in circulation, suggesting that the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training had instituted a policy that permitted students at primary schools to use any bathroom, regardless of their gender. In response to that report and the disquiet it caused, Minister of Education, Kay McConney and Deputy Chief Education Officer, Joy Adamson …

Barbados is on a United States watch list for not paying copyright fees for cable programmes and public performances of music. A recent report again cited Barbados for the retransmission of US broadcasts and cable programming by local cable operators without permission. “In the realm of copyright and related rights, the United States continues to have concerns about the unauthorised retransmission of US broadcasts and cable programming by local cable …

Nigerian airline, AIR PEACE, is expected to take a 70 percent stake in LIAT 2020 Ltd. with the carrier to be run strictly on a commercial basis.