With cities being key factors to societal transformation, The Resilient, Inclusive, Smart and Safe (RISS) Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) project aimed at creating safer, more inclusive and more climate resilient public spaces was launched across the Caribbean. The United Nations (UN) Women project, meant to address several challenges associated with the rapid urbanisation of urban spaces, was showcased at United Nations House, Marine Gardens yesterday. UN Resident Coordinator …
Chief Marketing Officer of TouchStar Media, Ramon Dummett, is encouraging Barbadians to get children more involved in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Dummett explained that TouchStar Media was launching a new initiative called the Kid Coder Programme which would focus on teaching skills in robotics and computer technology in a bid to impart critical skills to the youth. “We will focus on the four C's – that’s communication, collaboration …
Barbados is equipped to handle the integration of renewable energy sources into the national power grid. This was the assessment of Minister of Energy and Business Kerrie Symmonds, who was speaking at the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Renewable Energy Expo at Hilton Barbados yesterday. Symmonds said that he was “baffled” by the spread of misinformation and the prevailing claims that the grid was either oversaturated – which …
Pink was the order of the day on Friday as The Lester Vaughan School participated in breast cancer awareness month. Teacher Sandra Harris presented representatives from the Breast Screening Programme of the Barbados Cancer Society with funds collected through shirt sales and donations by students and staff. Principal of The Lester Vaughan School, Anthony Alleyne, explained that the event was one of the activities he wanted make a part of …
The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) has teamed up with the Barbados Diabetes Foundation to provide eye tests for members. President Marilyn-Rice Bowen urged members to bring along the whole family, especially those who have complained about their vision, because “prevention is better than cure”. Meanwhile, retina specialist and clinical lead of the Barbados Diabetes Eye Screening Programme, Dr Charles Pierce, said it was a simple process that took …