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St Paul’s Primary School student Madison Smith has accomplished her goal of scoring full marks in Mathematics in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination (BSSEE).She was one of just two students to get 100 in the subject, out of the 3 000-plus students who sat the examination.The Queen’s College-bound student told the media on Tuesday, after the results were released, that she spent many hours completing past examination papers, extra homework, and revision as she prepar...

Concerned that Barbados seems to be recording at least one suicide per month recently, psychologist Shawn Clarke is calling on the state to pay urgent attention to the mental health and emotional well-being of citizens.He said that while he is aware that the Government is working around-the-clock to achieve and maintain economic growth, it is time that resources be put towards dealing with the psychological challenges that young people, particularly young males, are facing.“Youth and community...

Former Cabinet minister Dr David Estwick is adamant he will continue to serve the constituents of St Philip West until they don’t want him anymore.Estwick, who held that seat from 2003 to 2018 before being defeated in two subsequent polls, was responding to Barbados TODAY queries related to reports that he’s been offered an overseas posting should his Democratic Labour Party (DLP) wins the next general election due in just under four years.The reports claimed that new DLP president Dr Ronnie...

Fifty single-parent families will get free counselling services under the Supreme Counselling for Personal Development’s new Family In Therapy (FIT) programme which aims to provide a holistic approach to addressing challenges in the home.Supreme Counselling’s Chief Executive Officer Shawn Clarke said that in addition to providing individual and group intervention counselling, the programme will also teach single parents effective parenting tools and techniques for coping with and overcoming ...

Two major bands pulling out of Kadooment Day 2022 will not stop the grand spectacle from taking place.President of the Barbados Association of Masqueraders (BAM) Anthony Layne told Barbados TODAY on Friday that the leaders of 13 registered bands are currently working around-the-clock to ensure that all is ready for the big jump up on Emancipation Day, August 1.However, Layne said that due to the unavailability of flights there are bands awaiting the arrival of costume pieces from overseas source...

One of the signature Crop Over events is returning this year, though in a slightly smaller format.Bridgetown Market, which has been a Crop Over staple for many years, was originally not planned to be part of the 2022 Crop Over season, however, according to President of the Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) Alistair Alexander, this year’s event is very much still on, just on a smaller scale.“BARVEN has embarked on staging Bridgetown Market this year… you ...

Barbados has lost as many as 70 nurses to overseas recruiters and there is the possibility more could follow suit, General Secretary of Unity Workers Union (UWU) Caswell Franklyn has warned.Franklyn, who led a strike of over 150 nurses between last December and February this year, said many of the health workers have taken up employment overseas as they were adamant they would not return to work here under existing conditions.“I can’t tell you where I get my information from but I can assure...

A St John woman has been ordered to pay a $20 000 fine for possession of a loaded firearm which she said she stole from a licensed gun holder to commit suicide.Of that amount, 40-year-old Natalie Delores Clarke, a resident of Stewart Hill, had to pay $5 000 forthwith on Thursday.She stole the .22 pistol containing ten rounds of ammunition from the vehicle of Vincent Alleyne on May 19, 2021.Alleyne had met Clarke three weeks prior to the incident, struck up a friendship, and would transport her t...

With Crop Over and other public events making a return this summer, the Central Bank of Barbados is encouraging Barbadians to be vigilant when making cash transactions and to check their money as soon as they receive it.“The level of counterfeiting in Barbados is generally quite low, and has been even more so over the past two years,” revealed Octavia Gibson, Director of the Bank’s Currency and Payments Oversight Department. “But we don’t want people to become complacent. With the coun...

Barbados and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states could attract major investment of more than US$5 billion (BDS$10 billion) across a range of sectors in the coming years, if the plans of venture capital firm Upturn Funds Caribbean (UFC) are successful.Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of UFC Ambassador Dr Andre Thomas told a news conference on Tuesday that discussions were still ongoing with government officials in the region as several potential investors line up to explore in...