Three attorneys are working on a 53-page proposal that would impose stiff penalties for anyone found guilty of elder abuse in Barbados. Upon conviction, perpetrators could be fined $25 000, jailed for ten years, or both. The abuser will be listed in a National Register of Elderly Persons database, to be kept by a Council of Elderly Social Welfare Services. This council will fall under both the Ministry of Health, …
A suggestion is being made to leave “sexual orientation” out of the new Barbados Constitution, but it can be addressed with via legislation in Parliament. Attorney Corey Beckles made the argument on Sunday as one of the panellists on Starcom Network’s VOB 92.9 FM discussion entitled Watch Out My Children: Constitutional Reform And The Inclusion Of Sexual Orientation In The Supreme Law Of The Land. “If the Government so desires …