Into the ring
Article by April 26, 2021
Newly elected Barbados Boxing Association (BBA) president Dr Melissa Branford-Jones has acknowledged that the sport needs revival and said the new executive will pull together as many resources as possible to get the job done.
Branford-Jones was voted in as the seventh president of the BBA and the second woman to hold that position with 34 votes. Former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and Caribbean champion Junior Greenidge accounted for 24 votes while Guyanese businessman Gardel Roberts tallied two votes.
Shortly after securing victory yesterday afternoon at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, Branford-Jones said to rebrand boxing the BBA will look at areas such as strengthening its membership and educating the public more about boxing.
Hear the children’s cries, says advocate
Article by December 17, 2020
Children advocate Faith Marshall-Harris is asking authorities to listen to the children of the nation who are asking for the days of face-to-face classroom teaching to return.
Harris, who applauded Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw for reaching out to students across the island to hear from them what they need at this time when they are participating in a blended face-to-face and online teaching environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the students, should be given what they want as much as it is possible.
During the sessions at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex where students voiced their views on the benefits and disadvantages of the blended approach to learning under the COVID-19 restrictions, to Minister Bradshaw revealed that, students asked for an extension of times so that they can do more face-to-face.