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Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey and the attorneys-at-law from CBL Chambers have mended the fence and are agreeing to collaborate on the drafting of policies and legislation on the elderly.During a consultation on the National Policy on Ageing for Barbados 2023-2028 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC), Two Mile Hill, on Friday, Minister Humphrey said the parties met on Tuesday morning and engaged in a discussion which ended favourably.Humphrey invited attorneys Corey Beckles, Kaviar Callender and Executive Legal Assistant Anthony Hinds, to attend the stakeholders’ consultation where both parties spoke to members of the media.“Only hooligans shout at one another you know. So there is no need for us to shout at one another, especially when we both share the same goals and so I believe we are on solid footing now. ....
Stating their efforts were solely to protect the elderly in Barbados and “not about politics”, attorneys at the centre of a dispute with Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, are demanding he issues a public apology. Led by spokesman Corey Beckles of CBL Chambers, fellow attorney Kaviar Callender and legal assistant Anthony Hinds say they reached out to schedule meetings to discuss the 53-page document which they … ....
Actress pays $12,000 in fines, leaves island Article by January 7, 2021 The court does not show “favour” in its consideration of those brought before it on COVID-19 breaches says the island’s Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes. Rather, guilty persons are subjected to a “means assessment” to find out whether they can pay a fine, he said as he ordered former British reality television star Zara Holland to pay $12,000 for violating the island’s COVID-19 protocols. The money was to be paid in seven days, with the alternative of seven days in prison. The fine was paid later in the day. Weekes had also warned that the court would, “through the auspices of INTERPOL”, issue a warrant for Holland’s arrest if the money was not paid within the stipulated time before releasing her on $20,000 bail in the meantime. ....