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Welfare Department being replaced by new Department of Family and Children Services

Get the Apps Welfare Department being replaced by new Department of Family and Children Services Article by June 27, 2021 The Welfare and Social Service departments will soon be operating under one roof as the Government finalizes plans to create a new department in charge of these much-needed social programmes. This announcement was made by Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, during Sunday’s Branch meeting of the St. Michael South Branch of the Barbados Labour Party, at the Graydon Sealy Secondary School. “Very soon what we know as welfare and the other agencies will be replaced by a new agency called the Department of Family and Children Services in Barbados that will be meant to reduce the duplication and better care to you,” Humphrey said.

Coastal News Today | Carib - Saving Barbados Coral Reefs Caribbean Journal

A rescue mission is underway to save Barbados’ coral reefs, which have been impacted by a range of climate-related and other hazards. Recent studies conducted by the Coastal Zone Management Unit and Barbados’ Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) reveal that 75 percent of the island’s near-shore reefs were in very poor condition, while 40 percent of the bank reefs were stressed. “There are no areas of very good reef– none,” said Kirk Humphrey, the country’s Minister of Maritime Affairs. “All around Barbados you cannot find a spot with very good reef. It has also told us that herbivorous fish are on the decline in a number of areas.

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