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Classroom, the best choice for students
Article by May 26, 2021
The Barbados Association of Guidance Counsellors is fully in agreement with students returning to the classroom.
President of the association Dr Patricia Welch firmly believes that even as the country continues to battle COVID-19, it is vital that students are allowed to interact with their teachers and friends in a face-to-face setting.
Her comments follow an eventful return to face-to-face classes. At least three schools have been closed because of positive COVID-19 cases among students.
Since the resumption of physical classes on May 2, the Princess Margaret Secondary School, Ellerslie Secondary and most recently Vauxhall Primary, have all been forced to temporarily close their doors.
Breedy focused on being at his best
Article by May 21, 2021
Barbadian-born pugilist Cobia ‘Soldier’ Breedy has no intentions of backing down from his boyhood dream of becoming a world champion.
The 29-year-old Breedy recently attended a camp in Las Vegas put on by retired champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, one of the greatest fighters of his generation.
During a telephone interview with
Barbados TODAY, Breedy who continues to work hard, said he was determined to leave his mark on local and international boxing having featured so far on Showtime and Fox PBC in the United States of America.
Sharing his experience with regards to participating in Mayweather’s camp, Breedy said: “It was nice just sparring with different people. They watched me fight before when I fought for the number one spot against King Tug so they were impressed and wanted to see what else I could do. So, I went there and showed them what I can do and everybody was impressed.”
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Education officials have once again
raised the ire of the country’s two teachers unions, amid allegations that COVID-19 protocols established before the resumption of school are not being implemented across the board.
The concerns are expected to dominate the unions’ talks with senior civil servants on Wednesday as the country grapples with the second case of the deadly virus at a secondary school within the first seven days of the new term.
On Monday morning, students of the Ellerslie Secondary School were turned away from classes because of what was later identified as a positive case within the student population. Late last week, a student of the Princess Margaret Secondary School tested positive and another at St George Primary School was said to have been exposed to the virus.