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It was a grand celebration for the students of Wesley Hall School today. Parents, old scholars and neighbours took to the streets to fete the champions of this year’s Chefette/Frosteez National Primary Schools’ Athletic Championship (NAPSAC). The Wesley Hall boys reigned supreme, scoring 117 points to beat Luther Thorne Memorial (83 points) and Bayley’s Primary (77 points) into second and
A social activist is calling on Barbadians to stipulate that the Ministry of Education Technology and Vocational Training (METVT) remove gender neutrality as one of its core values in the National Grooming Policy. In a release to the media, Dave Weekes, who is also a filmmaker and part of the management of Praise Academy, says the inclusion, with no input from the public on “our children”, is another sign of …
Health authorities have scrapped the few remaining COVID-19 mandates, ending more than two years of protocols imposed on Barbadians to help control the spread of the virus.Declaring that legal regulations are no longer needed to manage the situation, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) The Most Honourable Dr Kenneth George announced on Wednesday that effective immediately, the Emergency Management Order and its accompanying directives would come to an end.He said authorities came to the decision after assessing the local, regional and international evidence collated over the last two-and-a-half years ...
The back and forth, uncertainty and frustration that students, teachers, ancillary staff and parents have been experiencing due to the ongoing saga at Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School have to come to an end.Over the years, students and teachers have complained of a pungent, gaseous smell that was causing them headaches, burning throat sensations, burning eyes and/or itchy skin.The school problems go back years. In recent times, the school was closed in 2019. Then in January 2020, just before the March outbreak of COVID-19, the students were relocated to various churches where classes were condu...
The island’s umbrella trade union body and a major teacher’s union are adamant that public officers must be given salary and wage increases this year, despite the Central Bank’s recommendation that a raise in pay shouldn’t be based on the rising cost of living. During his second-quarter economic review Press conference on Wednesday, Governor Cleviston Haynes declared he would not recommend public officers pursue salary increases as a means of tackling high prices.Haynes said the Government would have to make some very diffi...