Axcel Finance giving back to schools
FROM LEFT: Axcel Finance Marketing Coordinator Yulanda Celius; Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Christina Morris; and Hindsbury Primary...
View ArticleYWCA looking to attract new blood
President of The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Tamita Griffith says one of the greatest challenges facing the Association at this time is attracting new blood and in particular young...
View ArticleReverend: Invest in country’s young people
Authors, Reverend Edison Bynoe and Brenda Daniel signing copies of their book, ‘Growing Up Gloriously’, during the launch at the Mount Restaurant, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. A...
View ArticleFUND OPEN SOON
President of the Small Business Association, Dalton Medford (right), presents a copy of the National Survey of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Sector to Minister of Small Business Development,...
View Article‘Maintenance clause to be put in place’
By: Patricia Thangaraj AS Barbados gets ready to host CARIFESTA 13 in 2017 to the tune of $6 million, which includes maintenance costs of cultural buildings, one of the areas of concern going forward...
View ArticleRSS Director highlights contemporary challenges
DIRECTOR of Operations and Plans of the Regional Security System (RSS), Lieutenant Colonel Glyne Grannum, says there are a number of contemporary challenges to be tackled by Caribbean and Latin...
View ArticleSTUMBLING BLOCK
Costly process to access wheelchair donationBy: Peta Rowe-Forde President of the Barbados Council for the Disabled, Maria Holder-Small, is more than grateful for the over 200 wheelchairs and mobile...
View ArticleHerbert: Less talk, more action required
President of the Barbados Private Sector Association, Charles Herbert (left,) leads the delegation of private sector representatives at the recent meeting of the Social Partnership. “We know what to...
View ArticleCARIFESTA 13 perfect tool for world class participation
CARIFESTA 13 is the perfect platform to enable Caribbean artists to position themselves at the world class level in cultural activities. This is coming from the Minister of Culture, Sports and...
View ArticleRegion’s vulnerabilities identified
Women are studying more, causing the educational gap between women and men in the Caribbean to widen recently in favour of women. According to the 2016 United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP)...
View ArticleEasy targets
Barbadians carelessly helping criminals to steal their property Crime Prevention Officer Inspector Stephen Griffith shows Deputy Director of the National Library Service Mary Waldron some of the...
View ArticleSt Bartholomew’s Primary observes Arbor Day
President of Southern Stars Optimist Club, Hyacinth Green, making a presentation to student Javonte Thorne as Principal at St Bartholomew’s Primary School, Hyacinth Harris, looks on during the Arbor...
View ArticleProfessor: Invest more in research
By: Patricia Thangaraj Place more investment in research. This is the advice that Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Undergraduate Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus,...
View ArticleBottlenecks in justice system must be addressed
The fact that almost half of the persons at Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds are on remand shows that the local justice system is not functioning well. Making this assertion Criminologist Yolande Forde...
View ArticleGraduates reminded on use of weapons
Director of Operations & Plans at the Regional Security System (RSS), Lieutenant Colonel Glyne GrannumBy: Marsha Gittens Graduates of the Regional Security System’s (RSS) Instructors/ Range...
View ArticleTackling crime requires multi-pronged approach
A multi-faceted, multi-dimensional approach is required to stem gun violence and criminal behaviour in this island. Making this strong assertion, Criminologist Yolande Forde insisted that no one...
View ArticleWind energy potential
Dr. Thomas Rogers, Lecturer in Renewable Energy at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus delivering his address. Onshore wind energy is the cheapest source of renewable energy for the...
View ArticleTrade unions must target younger members
The Business Session of the 11th Biennial Delegates’ Conference of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations (CTUSAB) was held at Savannah Beach hotel yesterday. From left: CTUSAB General...
View ArticleBCC welcomes The Broken Trident
From left to right: Dr. Ian Austin, Principal of the Barbados Community College; Samuel Rouse, Deputy Principal and Roger Worrell, Ag Registrar of the Barbados Community College posing for a pic with...
View Article‘FIND RIGHT BALANCE’
Strategic development important to BarbadosMinister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss (third from right) and Christopher Sambrano, Regional...
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