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Physiotherapist, Marita Marshall (left) presents an award to fellow Physiotherapist, Dr. Carol-Ann Phillips on Saturday night at the association’s Awards Dinner at the Accra Beach Hotel and Spa.

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Physiotherapist, Marita Marshall (left) presents an award to fellow Physiotherapist, Dr. Gail Gooding-Edghill on Saturday night at the association’s Awards Dinner at the Accra Beach Hotel and Spa.

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Physiotherapist, Marita Marshall (left) presents an award to fellow Physiotherapist, Dr. Andrew Simpson on Saturday night at the Awards Dinner.

‘Blaze a trail’

Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:00am

President of the Barbados Physical Therapy Association, Dr. Nicola Yard, is sending out advice to fellow physiotherapists to be trailblazers.

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General Secretary of the DLP, George Pilgrim (left); Minister of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development, and the Democratic Labour Party’s candidate for St. George South, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo (second left); Minister of Social Care, Steven Blackett (right) and Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Senator Patrick Todd (behind), engaging a resident in the St George South constituency on Saturday.

Workplace sexual harassment law coming soon

Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:00am

Legislation to address sexual harassment in the workplace is set to be debated in Parliament quite soon.

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Pictured, some of the walkers during the CIBC FirstCaribbean and the Barbados Cancer Society Breast Screening Programme’s Walk for the Cure 2017 yesterday.

Massive sea of pink for ‘Walk for the Cure 2017’

Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:00am

Thousands turned out, wearing pink, for the annual breast cancer awareness walk yesterday, demonstrating that Barbadians are definitely becoming more aware of the significant impact the illness has

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Medical Co-ordinator of the Breast Screening Programme, Dr. Shirley Hanoman-Jhagroo, greets Father Clement Paul after yesterday’s service.

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Representatives of the Barbados Cancer Society and the Ministry of Health during yesterday’s service to commemorate the Breast Screening Programme’s 15th anniversary.

Breast Screening Programme helps thousands

Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:00am

AS many as 90 000 clients have passed through the Breast Screening Programme of the Barbados Cancer Society (BCS).

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