Government is looking into making reporting child abuse mandatory, says Minister of People Empowerment Kirk Humphrey. During the launch yesterday of the inaugural recognition of Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, under the theme Speak Up, Speak Out, Report Child Abuse, he said child abuse continued to be a blight on Barbados and more needed to be done to address it. The event was held in the Warrens Office Complex, …
Barbados’ head coach Ramon Armstrong says the 18-member contingent set to represent the island at the 49th CARIFTA Games from April 16-18 in Kingston, Jamaica, will be boosted by an experienced Under-20 field team. The senior team is led by Vivica Addison, silver medallist in the javelin at the 2019 Games in the Cayman Islands, and double bronze medallists Aren Spencer, Kevon Hinds, and Layla Haynes. Fynn Armstrong will lead …
Barbados is not doing enough to ensure small and micro business thrive, said Minister of Business Development Kerrie Symmonds. During the launch of the Ministry’s business fair and expo in Baobab Towers, Warrens, St Michael, on Tuesday, he said too many small businesses ended up under the radar, shutting down before they could truly begin. “I feel there is a need for us to go further. We cannot just see …
Barbados’ latest senator will have to hit the ground running for his second stint in the Upper House. Minutes after Gregory Nicholls was sworn in as the country’s newest senator this morning, the attorney-at-law said he would be scouring the hundreds of pages of a document he received last night in preparation to speak during debate on the Appropriations Bill later this week. Nicholls, a Labour law specialist, was sworn …