January 26, 2021
The Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness (BAEH) has asked Government to consider removing the homeless from the streets with the recent confirmation that Barbados has community spread of COVID-19.
The alliance has also suggested that the homeless be considered for early vaccination against the coronavirus.
According to BAEH president Kemar Saffrey, the vulnerable group must be protected to ensure they do not unwittingly become spreaders of the virus given their exposure to the wider society.
The authorities should first separate those with mental challenges, he suggested.
Saffrey told
Barbados TODAY: “What I think the Government needs to do is isolate those that have serious mental challenges, those that do not understand, that cannot fend for themselves or is in no position to understand their surroundings. Government needs to take a step to isolate those persons either in the Psychiatric hospital or a school or something like that.
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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.