How did the Barbados Labour Party administration rate on labour issues over the course of this current term in office? Labour relations attorney Michelle M. Russell puts this under the microscope in this week’s Labour Matters. She dissects the BOSS, BERT and BEST programmes, vaccine mandates, strikes, severance payments, pensions, the National Insurance Scheme as it relates to labour and so much more. https://youtu.

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With shouts of “no retreat, no surrender”, some disgruntled nurses have taken to The City streets in protest. This is the second march by some nurses, led by general secretary of Unity Workers Union, Caswell Franklyn. Since last year, the nurses have been on strike. The protest today began at Cheapside, The City, and will end at Golden Square. More to follow. (RA)

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Nurses protesting in The City

Former Senator Lucille Moe’s stinging comments against Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley are a “strategic hit”, timed for maximum effect, but should have minimal impact.

Wickham: No body blow from Moe

The Barbados Prison Service has come in for high praise for the great sacrifice and excellence which ensured that Government’s greatest fears were not realised when a COVID-19 outbreak occurred last year at Dodds Prisons. That glowing tribute was made by Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams while delivering the feature address at the passing-out parade for 21 new prison officers – 17 men and four women – on Friday …

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Prison Service lauded for controlling outbreak

A decision is yet to be made on the proposed return of face-to-face classes on January 24. General secretary of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Herbert Gittens, told the DAILY NATION that following a meeting with Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw and other educators on Friday, it was still a wait-and-see situation. “The meeting was to continue discussions on the roadmap. The date of [January] 24 is not a …

School return ‘up in the air’

Olympic quarter-miler Jonathan Jones is out of the blocks with a bang for the 2022 collegiate track and field indoor season, clocking a new national record in the men’s 600-metre event. The 21-year-old Barbadian, a senior at the University of Texas, captured silver in 1:15.61 minutes at the Clemson Invitational in South Carolina over the weekend. Jones, who reached the semi-final of the men’s 400 metres at the Tokyo 2020 …

Jones sets new mark in 600m

A total of 412 positive COVID-19 cases were identified by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory from the 1 988 tests carried out on Saturday, January 15. Of those cases, 227 are females and 185 are males, while 70 were under the age of 18 and 342 were 18 years and older. There are 105 people in isolation facilities and 5 217 in home isolation. The public health laboratory has …

412 new COVID cases on January 15

Jimmy Donaldson, the 23-year-old American better known as MrBeast, was YouTube’s highest-earning content creator in 2021, according to Forbes. His elaborate stunts have generated more than 10 billion views on the platform and earned him $54m. He has overtaken 10-year-old toy reviewer Ryan Kaji, who has topped the annual list for the past two years.

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