Wild at Wilkie
Teacher Jacinta Alexander and colleagues cheåer Daniella Sandiford. There were screams of joy and excitement at the Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary School in the Pine, St. Michael this morning when the...
View ArticleAriana’s over the moon
Dad Antonio Layne and aunt Lauraine Gittens enjoy the moment with Arianna. Ecstatic, excited and any other word that conveys joy would aptly sum up the feelings in the Layne household tonight. Ariana’s...
View ArticleExcellent all-round performance
Zach Drayton Fantastic! That’s how Principal of St. Cyprian’s Boys’ School, Dave Layne, feels about his students’ performance in this year’s Common Entrance Exam. “I have 13 of the 27 boys getting...
View ArticleMarks for HC; but returning to Al Falah
Ayshaa Bhana Ayshaa Bhana feels really good about her performance in the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Exam. She is one of the top 10 performers overall and gained a place at Harrison College...
View ArticleJakeem brings joy to country school
Jakeem Hall (centre) has the support of classmates. St. Margaret’s Primary School in Glenburnie, St. John had much to shout about today. Jakeem Hall, who hails from the small rural institution, is one...
View ArticleProud of her success
Alyssa Mahon’s parents Terry and Sonia beam with pride. Alyssa Mahon is very pleased with herself. And she has every reason to be. The Trinity Academy student was not only one of two who scored 100 per...
View ArticleKaylee shocked at results
Michele Hodgkinson gives her daughter Kaylee a huge hug. “I am just shocked. I did not expect to be number two in the island it is just amazing!” This is how St. Winifred’s student Kaylee Hodgkinson...
View ArticleTop boy elated
Zerayaicob Yaicob If you were to find out you were the top male performer in the island in the 2013 Common Entrance Examination, how would you celebrate? Zerayaicob Yaicob of The Rock Christian, who...
View ArticleKaleah gets her wish
It is only the second year that Blackman & Gollop Primary in Staple Grove, Christ Church has been in existence and they are already reaping special recognition in the Barbados Secondary School’s...
View ArticleGiving God all the praise
Top student Brianna Williams (third left) was elated at her performance in the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Exam. She was also thankful to God for His mercy and for everyone who prayed for her....
View ArticleStink over toilet paper
by Emmanuel Joseph Barbadians could soon be facing a messy shortage of toilet tissue. The Division of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Barbados TODAY was informed tonight, has started seizing imported...
View ArticleFollow the Rihanna model
Barbados’ entertainers and their Caribbean counterparts should look beyond their countrymen in the Disapora if they want to make it big. A regional trade and development specialist is advising them to...
View ArticleIncreased support for entreprenuers
General Manager of Co-operators General Insurance Co. Ltd, Anton Lovell, accompanying Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and others on the tour of the new headquarters of Co-operators General at Upper...
View ArticlePOWER PLAN
A locally-based commercial bank has partnered with a lighting supplier to help Barbadian consumers save hundreds of thousands of dollars on their electricity bills per year. Republic Bank (Barbados)...
View ArticleBL&P boost
The immediate owner of Barbados’ lone electricity company has evaded the hard times which has left many of its private sector counterparts financially crippled. Today, two days after the news was...
View ArticleDj wants 100 per cent local music during festival
For more than 20 years Dj Cat has been playing music. He has kept the crowds dancing with wild abandon or tapping their feet and nodding their heads to the tunes he play at events. Cat, real name Alan...
View ArticleSlowly but surely
Operations are slowly returning to normal at a data processing company at the Harbour Industrial Park, after a broken toilet system flooded out a large section of its offices. General Manager of...
View ArticleSweet victory for LIME
LIME is claiming victory over Digicel. The telecommunication company said today that the Fair Trading Commission had ruled in its favour in a dispute with its main competitor over interconnection...
View Article$40,000 for APD fight
The Caribbean high commissioners in the United Kingdom are gearing up to lobby the British Government for an ease in the Airline Passenger Duty and have secured 40,000 to assist them in this effort....
View ArticleParents to blame
Two top probations officers say that when children misbehave parents must take the blame. In an interview with Barbados TODAY yesterday Chief Dorita Lovell and her deputy, Angela Odle said that among...
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