Change in church needed – Clarke
Article by March 12, 2021
One services industry leader is calling for a radical shift in church policies in Barbados in an effort to better serve members and the communities in which they operate.
In fact, Graham Clarke, Executive Director of the Barbados Coalition of Service Industries (BCSI) said in a statement shared with
Barbados TODAY, that with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating inequalities over the past several months, he believed the church “needs to see itself as an economy with the capacity to create a new, relevant and biblical model for addressing the glaring economic gaps within our communities”.
February 25, 2021
Strokes, already a common illness, could attack more Barbadians as they struggle with stress brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, an occupational therapist has warned.
With significant numbers of people now working from home, due to the lockdown, therapist Melanie Buge said they should be mindful about how they use their time by ensuring they designate specific times for activities.
Buge said: “Where we would have been accustomed to getting up at five o’clock in the morning and getting in our car and driving to the gym, we have to make the same amount of effort to be disciplined in those areas. Because the reality of the kind of life that we are living right now is that we can’t go outside and participate in life as we would like to.
December 17, 2020
Come January next year, the Ministry of Tourism is expected to engage in a national consultation in an effort to map out a new “inclusive and sustainable” tourism product for Barbados.
Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins made the announcement, pointing out that now was a “tremendous time” to transform the tourism sector.
Stating that work has already begun in her ministry towards the creation of a more sustainable tourism offering, Cummins gave the assurance that officials would be engaging all stakeholders in coming up with a master plan “for what the tourism future could look like”.
“Early in January we will be having a national consultation which is going to be able to help us launch what we call the inclusive tourism model for the future,” she told the recent Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association’s fourth quarterly general meeting.