The Barbados Advocate reported on the opening of Barbados' first Police Girls' Club at Clevers Hill, St. Joseph. The initiative formed part of a wider effort by the police force to establish youth clubs across the island, providing positive activities and guidance for young people. Commissioner of Police Colonel R.T. Michelin envisioned a club in every parish and emphasized that police officers should be seen as advisors and helpers rather than figures to be feared.
Paying tribute to musician and proucer Michael Paul Welch
The island experiences an earthquake and storm-like conditions.
On August 6, 1950, the Barbados Advocate explored the history of St. Philip’s coastline, from the Crane and Sam Lord’s Castle to Cobbler’s Reef...