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90 Children Earn Diplomas in Level I Conversational Spanish Established October 1895 See Inside Sunday September 20, 2020 $2 VAT Inclusive PdP disapproves of plans for marijuana and same-sex unions REJECTED!A SMOKE screen. Throne Speech, Springer said the speech enfranchisement. These were all recognition of same-sex civil unions That’s what Alan Springer, the was used by Government to cover for omitted from the Throne Speech in and the “unilateral” decision to make spokesperson on Creative Economy the absence of solutions to address far favour of a number of non-urgent Barbados a republic were tantamount to and Culture for the People’s Party for more serious concerns that the country matters and the opportunity to make a “an insidious hi-jacking of our culture” Democracy and Development (PdP), is currently facing. grab at drastically and significantly and he maintained that such cultural says that last Tuesday’s Throne Speech “Missing from that speech was a altering the cultural landscape of hi-jacking must be stopped. was built on. Speaking during a press commitment to tackle crime, to tackle Barbados,” he said. “Together, these three represent a conference yesterday at the Leader of the rising murder rate, guns on the He argued that the matters of the serious and insidious aberration to our the Opposition’s Office, to air the Party’s street, the whole question of economic ticketing system for persons caught with concerns regarding some aspects of the recovery and of course, worker small quantities of marijuana, the REJECTED! on Page 3 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture and the National Development Commission, John King; Argentine Ambassador to Barbados, Gustavo Martinez Pandiani; and Embassy and National Library Service officials pose with the young participants who received their diplomas on Friday evening. 90 children earn diplomas in Level I Conversational Spanish CLOSE to 100 young children joined the Pandiani, during his speech, expressed National Development Commission, this initiative took Barbados one step 500 million Spanish speakers across the gratitude to the families of the John King, was on-hand to present the closer to realising its dream of becoming world on Friday evening when they were participants and noted that the diplomas and he echoed the sentiments a bilingual country. presented with their diplomas in Level achievement of the youngsters was a of the Ambassador, adding that there “The National Library Service and I Conversational Spanish. The course, great one. was one single positive that came out of the Argentine Embassy are truly which was conducted through a joint “We had this crazy idea before the the emergence of the pandemic and to be commended for this effort. It effort between the National Library pandemic. We decided we were going to that was allowing for larger numbers. demonstrates their commitment to this Service and the Embassy of Argentina do a Spanish course, and then COVID With an original count of 30 that was project as a means of assisting in the to Barbados, saw several of the hit us. But we demonstrated that we are earmarked for the physical iteration of fulfillment of this country’s mandate of participants being toasted during a stronger than the virus. The virus is very the class, the move to a virtual class becoming a bilingual society,” he said. short graduation ceremony at the strong, but it was not strong enough to allowed for 90 children to take in the A passionate Pandiani, who said that Embassy after completing the course stop us from doing what we wanted to course. all his work was aimed at bringing the online. do, which is to bring more Spanish to Noting that all students were eligible peoples of both countries closer together, With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing your children,” Pandiani said. to take in the Level II course which said that there were hopes to host the already-planned course to be taken Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office starts on Monday and is set to run for sessions for adults in the near future. online, Ambassador Gustavo Martinez with responsibility for Culture and the eight weeks, Minister King stated that (MP) 2 • Sunday September 20, 2020 The Barbados Advocate Broomes questions schools’ state of readiness A RETIRED principal 2 and 3 o’clock wearing has expressed concern those masks. I expect about the true state quite a few of them will of readiness for the even exchange masks,” reopening of schools he cautioned. slated for Monday. “We cannot only be talk- “I visited five schools ing about the classroom this week and I don’t protocols, we have to think any of them is ready think about the school as yet,” Jeff Broomes compound as well because told The Barbados this notion of having the Advocate. children at lunchtime – “It is obvious that the children will be children, teachers are out there try- and I don’t see a lot of so- ing to get things ready, but cial distancing going on.” what they are trying to The outspoken retiree is get ready is the physical therefore of the view that aspect of it – organising no school should go pass the desks and chairs in re- midday. spect to the social distanc- While acknowledging ing, and a lot of cleaning… the staggering dismissal However, my concern is times to reduce the the actual teaching. I do amount of congestion at not think that they are and around the school, prepared for that because Broomes further pointed teaching cannot go on as out, “You let one year usual,” he stressed, call- group leave school at ing for more focus to be 2 p.m. and another placed on student indi- 2:30 p.m., but they all vidual learning, “where are going to converge teachers I think should be in Bridgetown or developing a lot of work- Speightstown, or wher- sheets for the children”. ever, and that is another Broomes said he is also challenge we have to be concerned about children very careful about, includ- in the infant classes – ing them travelling in ages four to seven years. public transportation.” He believes wearing face He added, “We have to masks for long periods of focus on safety first and time will be challenging secondly,we have to make for them. sure the children’s educa- “I don’t see children tion is provided the best staying at school until way possible.” (TL) Lester Vaughan students to report to school this week STUDENTS of the – Monday, September 21; Lester Vaughan School Second and Fourth form- are asked to report to ers – Tuesday September school this week, from 22, 2020; and First 8:30 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. as and Third formers – follows: Wednesday, September First and Fifth formers 23. Commencement of classes at Alexandra School THE Alexandra School 5th year students will commence the aca- •Friday, September 25: demic year 2020-2021 on First schedule date using Monday, September 21, the blended approach. using the following sched- All students attending ule: orientation and face-to- • Monday, September face classes are to come 21: Orientation for all dressed in full school first year students uniform; they must bring • Tuesday, September a packed lunch; wear a 22: Orientation for all 1st mask and adhere to the and 4th year students guidelines as set out in • Wednesday, the protocols issued by September 23: the school via e-mail. Orientation for all 2nd An information package and 3rd year students will be sent via e-mail • Thursday, September to all parents and 24: Orientation for all guardians. The Barbados Advocate Sunday September 20, 2020 • 3 Under threat ‘A climate of LEADER of the Barbadian and held to be Opposition and highly cherished values,” Leader of the People’s he said. confusion’ created Party for Democracy Atherley continued, REJECTED! from Page 1 and Development “I want to charge this (PdP), Bishop Joseph Government with a national culture. We Atherley, says repre- breach of trust and with a believe we speak on be- sentative government betrayal of the people. It half of the nation in chal- in this country is is up to the people, when lenging Government’s under threat. opportunity is next given, intention to effect such He made the comment to make sure that the fundamental change to yesterday during a press imbalance in numbers our culture with no refer- conference at his official in the Parliament of ence made whatsoever office located at the Barbados is corrected to the good citizens of Worthing Corporate and that the threat to the Barbados,” he charged. Centre, as he said that erosion of democratic He made the point Government is taking ad- practice and represen- as he noted that while vantage of the majority it tative government in Government has sig- holds in Parliament and Barbados eliminated.” nalled the intention to is making unilateral deci- Atherley, who ran as a make the question of the sions that will negatively candidate for the ruling recreational use of mari- impact the country. To Barbados Labour Party juana the subject of a ref- that end, he said it is im- in 2018, but crossed the Leader of the Opposition, Bishop Joseph Atherley, erendum, it created “a perative that Barbadians floor after their 30-0 win making a point to the media yesterday morning. climate of confusion over guard themselves at the polls against the marijuana use” as it was against that threat, Democratic Labour Party, including the plan to the values that have built stated that possession re- contending that the im- said that Barbadians did recognise same-sex civil Barbados,” he charged.
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