The much-touted Child Protection Bill and Child Justice Bill are set to go before Parliament as early as next Tuesday, Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey has announced.
Speaking on Wednesday about planned debate on the two pieces of “revolutionary” legislation in the month observed as Child Month, he said architects of the Child Protection Bill have described
The abduction of a TT arms dealer from Barbados who was returned to this country to face criminal charges of possession of grenades and automatic weapons has sparked high-level intervention by Bajan authorities.
Young persons from diverse social and economic backgrounds must continue to have their voices heard in conversations concerning their personal health and the health of the environment.
This was the view of climate change and youth activist Ashley Lashley, as her Ashley Lashley Foundation in partnership with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and other stakeholders restarted the Eco-Active Youth.
Some private sector employers have come in for a tongue-lashing from General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Toni Moore who accused them of denying workers’ rights under labour laws.
Singling out hoteliers, at least one fast-food chain restaurant, a supermarket chain and a construction firm, Moore declared that workers’ rights were always under threat of being undermined and eroded.
However,
Greater investment in agro-processing for the manufacture of healthy food products is needed to support healthy lifestyles among young children.
This was the view of Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands, during Tuesday’s debate in the House of Assembly on a Resolution to vest Crown Lands in the Barbados Agricultural Development and Management Corporation