Keimar Williams of the Republic Bank Marketing and Communications Department (c) with semi-finalists from the second session of RightStart Speech Contest Prelims including from left: Adenike Watts, Hindsbury; Amariah Brathwaite, Hindsbury; Azariah Lowe-Parris, Lawrence T Gay; Darren King, Lawrence T. Gay; Brandon Byer-Maloney, Gordon Walters; and Tishani Jordan of Christ Church Girls’ School.
Semi-finalists from the morning session of Preliminaries in the 2017 Republic Bank RightStart Speech Contest are from left: Leyna Dixon, St. Joseph Primary; Eleanna Barrow, St. Albans; Darren Miller, Ignatius Byer; Chloe Hinds, The Rock Christian; Nakira Leacock, St. Albans; and Lashauntea Sobers, St. Joseph.
Republic Bank RightStart Speech contestants impress
Primary school students in the 2017 Republic Bank RightStart Speech contest have set the bar high and demonstrated that the future of effective public speaking in Barbados is in safe hands.