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CCFS setting high academic & sports goals early
Christ Church Foundation Principal, Robert Cumberbatch. Aisha Trimmingham received her Award for Outstanding CAPE Results from BHL Corporate Communications Manager, Sophia Cambridge. Azaria Forde...
View ArticleBoyce reports on sluice gate
Minister of Health John Boyce reiterated that the sluice gate at Worthing Beach will need to be opened from time to time. “We are dealing with a live environment. We are not dealing with something...
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SIXTH FORM HOPE FOR ALLEYNE SCHOOL
Nikita Bishop received the Cyril Thompson Memorial Prize for the Best CXC Results for 2016. Principal of the Alleyne School, Julia Beckles, is hopeful that during the school’s next Speech Day and...
View ArticleUNEP to support Caribbean region
The United Nations Environment Programme and other resource persons have pledged to give the Caribbean Ozone Officers the necessary support that they will need to see the country transition to a...
View ArticleCaribbean Ozone Officers commended
By: Cara L. Foster The Caribbean Ozone Officers Network is the first network to meet together to discuss solutions to the problems presented as a result of the Kigali Amendment. According to a news...
View ArticleBVHS to host seventh ‘Love Day’ for the homeless
By: Regina Selman Moore The Barbados Vagrants and Homeless Society (BVHS) will once again be hosting its “Love Day” for the homeless fair in Queen’s Park, this Saturday December 10th, from 10:00 a.m....
View ArticleDebushing programme started by Government
Government has started a debushing programme aimed at cleaning up unkempt lots across the island which are posing health hazards to the public. Word of this came from Minister of Health, John Boyce...
View Article‘Treat All’ programme a worthwhile investment
From the moment an individual is diagnosed with HIV in Barbados, they will start to receive Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART). Announcing the island-wide launch of ‘Treat All’ recently, Health Minister...
View ArticleNew HIV infections not declining among adults
The number of new HIV infections is not declining among adults, with young women particularly at risk of becoming infected, says Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United...
View ArticleSpringer reports to BHTA membership
IT is hoped that the new system regarding the application process for liquor licences should be in place by the beginning of next year. Delivering the administrative report at the Barbados Hotel and...
View ArticleSugar industry still essential
WHILE the island’s sugar industry is ailing, it remains a critical aspect of its economic and social development. Finance Minister, Christopher Sinckler, used this reasoning as he tabled a...
View ArticleWelfare clients being encouraged to only buy from ‘basket of goods’
SOME clients have been misusing funds allotted to them by the Welfare Department, to purchase food items. As such, clients will now be encouraged to only purchase items from the recently amended...
View Article$3 million supplemental for de-bushing project criticised
A crying shame! This is how Opposition Member of Parliament for St. James Central, Kerrie Symmonds, describes the $3 million supplemental for Government’s most recent de-bushing programme that is...
View ArticleForde: Keep heritage sites clean
Opposition Parliamentary representative, Cynthia Forde, is asking Government to ensure that National Heritage locations are kept clean. “Yesterday morning, when I passed at the National Heritage...
View Articlewarning for hoteliers
Adapt or get left behind! A radical shift is taking place in tourism globally, and players in the local sector are being told they have to adapt if they are to remain in business. The advice has come...
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AG full of praise for Barbados Fire Service
Marlon Small (left) and Terry Griffith (right) were presented with the Chief Fire Officer’s Award. They are pictured here with Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry...
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41 gold NIFCA awards
Members of the Coleridge and Parry School Choir accept their two NIFCA gold awards and three Incentive awards from Prime Minister, the Hon. Freundel Stuart.Thirty-one awardees took home 41 gold...
View ArticleTHUMBS UP!
Government’s debushing programme given full support by Environmental Health OfficerBy: Marsha Gittens Principal Environmental Health Officer in the Ministry of Health, Maurice Gaskin has welcomed the...
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Volunteers bring cheer to less fortunate on ‘Love Day’
Terry “Mexican” Arthur (right) of the Love Day Project with volunteers Susette Neblett-Straughn (centre) and Jennifer Jackman as they prepare gifts to take to various communities across the island.By:...
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BYS CHALLENGE
Director of Youth Cleviston Hunte hands Kiendra Butcher the Life Skills Award. The lack of a place to call home is presenting some challenges for the Barbados Youth Service (BYS). Addressing the...
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