Ministry signs MOU with Irish accreditation body
The Ministry of Education has signed its second MOU with the Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine (ACCM) to help further improve the accreditation processes for medical students in Barbados. During a brief signing ceremony in the auditorium of the ministry’s Elsie Payne Complex headquarters, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Sandra Husbands […]
Missing: James Arthur Branker
Police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate a missing elderly man. He is James Arthur Branker, 81, of No 45 Orange Hill Development, Phase 2 St James. He was last seen about 1:30 p.m. last Friday, November 1. At the time he was wearing a short sleeve sky blue shirt, black long pants, and […]
U.S music supremo Quincy Jones, who worked with Sinatra and Jackson, dies aged 91
Quincy Jones, the man known simply as Q,was a huge influence on American music in his work with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped pop music in his collaborations with Michael Jackson. Jones died on Sunday at the age of 91, his publicist said. There was very little Jones did not […]
Police probe unnatural death
Police are investigating the unnatural death of Anthony Beetram Bradshaw, 60, of College Savannah , St John that occurred around 4 p.m. on Sunday at Consett Bay, St John. According to lawmen, Bradshaw was seen entering the water in the area of the jetty around 3:50 p.m. A few minutes later he appeared to be […]
Barbados welcomes 3rd cohort of Ghanaian nurses
More than 150 nurses from Ghana arrived on the island on Sunday to assist in dealing with some of the staffing headaches being faced by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). Speaking to the media at the Grantley Adams International Airport after welcoming the delegation — that included Adelaide Ntim Ghana’s Deputy Health Minister — to […]
No school at St Paul’s Primary Monday
The Ministry of Education has issued a notice stating that there will be no school at St. Paul’s Primary School on Monday as the school undergoes partial relocation and testing in the hall. According to the release, a letter was sent, by the principal, to parents and guardians of the St. Paul’s Primary School “outlining […]