Data gaps
Some of the participants in attendance at the CariSECURE Sensitisation Workshop, under the theme ‘Reducing Crime and Violence in Our Communities’ at UN House yesterday.By: Patricia ThangarajThere are...
View ArticleCariSECURE workshop to assist with data collection
IT is hoped that the CariSECURE Sensitisation Workshop for the Caribbean Citizen Security Toolkit in Barbados, under the theme “Reducing Crime and Violence in Our Communities”, would prove to be...
View ArticleRegional leaders must tackle crime at next meeting
WHEN the Heads of State for the islands in CARICOM hold their next meeting, one of the topics that must be high on the agenda is how are they going to effectively tackle crime not only in their...
View ArticleProgress being made in National Cancer Action Plan
Dr. Natalie Greaves, Qualitative Researcher at the George Alleyne Chronic Diseases Research Centre making a few remarks.By: Cara L. FosterThe Barbados National Registry for Chronic Non-Communicable...
View ArticleNHC asked to fix issues in Haynesville
Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate for St James Senator Sandra Husbands (left) looking on as residents of the National Housing Corporation (NHC) Haynesville Housing Estate speak about the electrical...
View ArticleTablets for Sharon, Holy Innocents Primary students
Students of Sharon Primary School showing off their new Kindle tablets presented to them by the Aron & Christina Foundation yesterday.The contribution of the Aron & Christina Foundation to...
View ArticleFathers being denied right to see children
Senior Child Care Officer, Child Care Board (CCB), Colin St Hill is saying that fathers have a pivotal role to play in raising the nation's children and should not be denied the right to have a...
View ArticleBUILDING WARNING
Civil Engineer specialising in structures, Tony Gibbs.Government is being warned not to ignore the recent severe weather systems that affected several Caribbean islands this year, particularly in...
View ArticleBurnett, Lashley first to win BTPA Culinary Tourism Scholarship
Nadia Burnett and Shari Lashley, are the first two recipients of the newly launched Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA) Culinary Tourism Scholarship.Speaking during the award ceremony, which took...
View ArticleOpportunity to serve
Andrew Brathwaite, President of ICAB; Donville Inniss, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development; and Reginald Farley, Executive Director of ICAB at the...
View ArticleB’dians to benefit from advances in concrete technology
Juan David Bedoya, Marketing Manager at the Arawak Cement Company.The Arawak Cement Company Limited has been working with Dr. Davide Zampini, Managing Director of the Cemex Research Group, to bring on...
View ArticleDigicel, Machel Montano’s Music Academy gets thumbs up
Up and coming singers, songwriters and music producers to be mentored by Machel in Music AcademyMachel Montano in performance.Since the online launch of the Digicel and Machel Montano Music Academy,...
View ArticleSagicor: Revitalise Bridgetown with a UWI City Campus
Edward Clarke, Chief Operating Officer Sagicor Life Inc. and General Manager of Barbados Operations.A senior manager at Sagicor Life Inc. wants to see the revitalisation of this country’s capital. In...
View Article‘I am Tourism’ campaign reaches out to students
CEO of the Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA), Dr. Kerry Hall alongside BTPA Communications Officer, Renice Bostic.Tourism is for all of us!This was the message impressed upon hundreds of...
View ArticleProgress being made
By: Cara L. FosterBY the end of this year, Senator the Hon. Darcy Boyce, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Energy and Telecommunications, hopes to have...
View ArticleCooke-Alleyne urges B’dians to recycle
“WE believe this Recycling Project can have a major impact, because we know that waste disposal is one of the problems we do have in Barbados.”This is according to Barbara Cooke-Alleyne, Registrar of...
View ArticleBathrooms at Workman’s Primary get a fresh look
Sagicor General staffers – Ryan Roberts (left) and Assistant Vice President, Marketing, Roger Spencer; and Principal Anthea Newton-Gadsby were among those involved in repainting the bathrooms at...
View ArticleFirst group of students to graduate from SJPI
THE first cohort of students will graduate from the renamed Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) this Saturday, November 11, during the institute’s Graduation and Awards Ceremony at...
View ArticleDigicel launches 2017 Independence promotion
Director of Consumer Sales & Service, Dionne Emtage.Marketing Manager, Sonia Hall-Hunte, shares the dance floor with Mother Sally, while moved by the rhythmic sounds of the Tuk Band, during...
View Article$750 000 target set
THE Salvation Army is seeking to raise $750 000 through its Christmas Kettle and Letter Appeal drive this year.The Army’s Public Relations Officer, Major Denzil Walcott told The Barbados Advocate that...
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