MEXICO – Deadly clashes between police and teachers
OAXACA — Violent clashes between police and members of a radical teachers’ union who had blockaded roads in southern Mexico on Sunday left six people dead and more than 100 injured, officials said. The...
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Husbands: Teachers must account for lawlessness
Barbadian teachers may well be called upon to account for rising crime as part of the additional demands placed on them in exchange for the benefits and privileges they receive, according to...
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Melissa’s Parisian search for a cure
Dr Melissa Goddard is no stranger to living abroad as her studies have taken her to the United States and Canada. So that when the opportunity arose for her to travel to Paris on a postdoctoral...
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Let’s learn from our water woes
For those accepting of biblical scriptures, King Solomon was said to be the wisest of men. He has been quoted as suggesting that in the day of prosperity, to be joyful, but in the day of adversity,...
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A new island home
Thirteen thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven kilometres. That is the distance that separates Lynn Beckles from her family in Barbados. Since March 2015, Lynn has called the Pacific paradise of...
View ArticleMr Mervyn Holder – a Caribbean man in every way
An unknown scribe has been credited with once stating: “I wondered why somebody didn’t do something. Then I realized, I am somebody.” The late Mervyn Holder, a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police,...
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The road to recognition has been a long one for Ashley Nurse. The offspinning Barbadian made his List A debut nine years ago, played his maiden Twenty20 international more than five years ago, but has...
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Sir David responds to backlog of cases
Retired Chief Justice Sir David Simmons has accused judges of contributing to the perennial problem of case backlogs in the courts. He voiced this concern as he delivered a lecture on Sustaining the...
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Talent and creativity
The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation was last Friday transformed into a living museum featuring plantations, villages and even a riot scene. It was all a part of the ministry’s...
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Donna down under
When Donna Shepherd first heard about Australia during a Geography class in first form, she went home and told her family she wanted to visit during summer so she would get to see snow – since seasons...
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Talma gives back
Barbadian sporting great Brian Talma described 2016 as the best year ever for the Bajan Beach Culture movement. Over the weekend Talma, known as De Action Man, showed his appreciation to those who...
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US – Deadly storms
Crews were assessing damage Tuesday in the aftermath of storms that killed at least five people and brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Southeast. The line of severe thunderstorms spawned...
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To hell and back
A young mother is counting her blessings after the joy of giving birth was brought to a dramatic and cruel end on two occasions. Four years ago, Lynette Lynch was brimming with joy as she prepared for...
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JAMAICA – Gangsters killed
GOODWILL, St James — Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Clifford Blake yesterday described the joint police/military operation in the Goodwill community of St James on Saturday night, in which six...
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Battery-powered innovation
Carlton Cummins moved from Barbados to the United Kingdom to pursue a Masters in Sustainability. But what followed could only be described as a dream come true. Cummins started out as an art and design...
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Subaru trio for Rally Barbados
Three ex-works Subarus campaigned in period by 2003 FIA World Rally Champion Petter Solberg are confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2017. The Norwegian, who won two more FIA titles in 2014 and 2015 when...
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Out of control
An out of control unregistered accommodation sector, including the increasingly lucrative Airbnb, will “water down” the Barbados tourism product, one hotelier has charged. General Manager of Sugar Bay...
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Turton heading Taekwondo Association
Henderson Turton has been elected president of the Taekwondo Association of Barbados (TAB), and will be leading a fresh administration over the next four years. Turton defeated Anthony Williams,...
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Class acts!
Barbados and West Indies all-rounders Carlos Brathwaite and Hayley Matthews’ career-defining innings in the men’s and women’s World T20 finals were voted the best T20 batting performances of 2016 at...
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Opposition march clashes with planned protest against gender-based violence
Organizers of next month’s march against gender-based violence here say they have been forced to adjust the timing of their March 11 event, following this week’s announcement by the Opposition Barbados...
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