The Barbados Union of Teachers reports that children and teenagers now account for 40 per cent of calls to the national mental health helpline. Mental health professionals are reading the figure as a crisis indicator rather than a sign of expanded awareness — the cohort is too narrow and the volume too high to be explained by outreach alone. Calls for a coordinated schools-and-services response are intensifying.
The Bank Hall fire death case returned to court, with one man remanded pending further proceedings.
Bridgetown is now formally inside the new shared Caribbean visa regime alongside Jamaica, Saint Lucia, T&T, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, and the Bahamas. Tourism officials are positioning Barbados as a multi-destination hub, expecting longer multi-island stays and joint marketing pulls.
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