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Nursery school demand fulfilled
Senator Harcourt Husbands, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education.THE increased demand for day care places across the island for children is being addressed.According to Senator Harcourt...
View ArticleWorkplace safety not just about buying equipment
By: Patricia ThangarajEnsuring that an organization has a positive health and safety record and that it has as few accidents and incidents as possible on its grounds, involves more than just purchasing...
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All invited!
Colleton Great House now open to Barbadians for staycationsFrom left, General Manager of the Barbados National Trust Miguel Pena, owner of Colleton Great House Garry Burke and Director of the Barbados...
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QEH department achieves HACCP certification
Andrea Scott (right) receiving his award from Adrian Sinckler.The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s Food and Nutrition Department has achieved Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)...
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Long-serving Dover employee honoured
Nadeen Sandiford (left) accepting a gift presented by Dover Beach Receptionist, Tammika Greenidge (right), on behalf of the staff.Nadeen Sandiford being congratulated by CEO Dover Beach Adua Kinch at...
View ArticleNew home coming
Immigration department at Princess Alice Corporate Centre at an advanced stageThe Immigration Department should be moving into a new headquarters in the not too distant future.That is according to...
View ArticleCall for improved efficiency in Social Partnership
There is not enough action coming out of Social Partnership meetings.Admitting the importance of such fora, President of the Barbados Employers’ Confederation Marguerite Estwick, however, expressed...
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Youth challenge being addressed
Minister of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development, Senator Dr. Esther Byer-Suckoo (left); and Shanae Beckles (right) present the Christopher Beckles Memorial Trophy for Outstanding...
View ArticleERA creating headaches
THE Employment Rights Act (ERA) is creating some headaches for employers across the island.So explained Executive Director of the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC), Anthony Walcott, as he spoke...
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Improvements ahead
Senator Darcy Boyce, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Immigration, speaking at the opening of the five-day workshop.Initiatives are currently on the cards that will see...
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New Disabilities Act on the way
Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, Steven Blackett (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially open the new Multi-purpose Unit at the Thelma Vaughan Memorial Home....
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GG receives Foundation’s newly elected officers
Seated: Dr. Kenneth Connell, President HSFB; Governor General, HE Sir Elliott Belgrave; Standing: Fiona Anthony, CEO HSFB; Dru Symmonds, Honorary Life President; and Ena Harvey, Snr. Vice President...
View ArticleGood and bad at every school
PARENTS of students awaiting results for this year’s 11 Plus Examination are being urged not to put negative ideas in their children heads, about any particular school.Principal of the Grantley Adams...
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New services agreement
Canadian High Commissioner to Barbados, Marie Legault and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, sign off on the new air services agreement.Barbados and Canada signed...
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HYATT TWIST
PM challenging Comissiong’s application for Judicial ReviewLawyers David Comissiong (right) and Bobby Clarke outside the Supreme Court Complex yesterday, where Comissiong announced to the media that...
View ArticleCritical training under way
This week local Immigration and Customs officers are receiving training which is intended to help them better protect the country’s borders.Speaking at the opening ceremony of the five-day course at...
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St. John’s Tattoo on Friday
Officers of the Royal Barbados Police Force and representatives from the St. John Constituency Council, the St. John Care Community Organisation and the St. John Parish Independence Committee carrying...
View Article‘Reduce speed limit’
THE Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) is reiterating its call for the speed limit around all schools to be significantly reduced, and for the requisite signs to be erected to alert motorists of...
View ArticleQEH to become a digital hospital
A move is on to ensure that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) can realise its vision of becoming a digital hospital, enabling its health-care team to access medical information on computers at the...
View Article‘Electronic QEH medical records by November 2017
By: Regina Selman MooreBy November 2017 the Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be saying goodbye to a system of paper-based files, replacing them with electronic medical records for its patients.QEH CEO Dr....
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