CCB workers want board removed
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Trouble is brewing in the island’s sole child protection agency.
Staff at the state-run Child Care Board (CCB) is demanding the resignation or removal of the entire board over what they claim is the chairperson’s direct involvement in the daily running of the agency and more particularly, her handling of the filling of the vacant post of Deputy Director.
The disgruntled workers, who are ready to take industrial action over the matter, have called in their bargaining agent, the Unity Trade Union (UTU) led by Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn to represent them.
March 12, 2021
People are stealing park furniture – community benches, swings, picnic tables, even grass – prompting the Government to consider installing security cameras to thwart what Minister of Environment and National Beautification Adrian Forde described Wednesday as a disgusting act of pilferage.
He condemned what he considers a small group of Barbadians for seeking to destroy the efforts of the ministry’s
Clean and Green community project.
Tables cemented to the ground have been ripped out, said Forde. At Harmony Hall, Christ Church and Church Village, St Philip, grass and plants have been stolen. At Weston, St James, garbage has been dumped in the park.
Barbados Today March 9, 2021
With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting all aspects of Barbadian society over the last year, faith-based organizations are being encouraged to be more welcoming towards people with disabilities and more accessible to all, said Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Cynthia Forde.
Speaking at the joint thanksgiving service for the Barbados Council for the Disabled and the National Disabilities Unit’s marking the
Month of the Disabled, Forde said: “We are currently faced with very challenging times, and it’s affecting all, irrespective of our religious beliefs. The COVID-19 pandemic does not discriminate between gender, able-bodied persons, religious persuasion, economic class, ethnicity, or any other forms of social stratification.
Welfare Dept changes tack amid mounting pleas for help
Article by February 9, 2021
Increasing applications to the Welfare Department are pushing management of the state-run agency to adjust in an environment where face-to-face consultation is discouraged.
Chief Welfare Officer Deborah Norville revealed that online applications have tripled in just a week as the department embraces technology to improve efficiency and ease the strain on its already backed-up telephone lines.
Scores of persons facing eviction, mounting utility bills, empty cupboards, and generally stretched resources are said to be responsible for the surging applications in the midst of increasing joblessness.
“Up to last week we had 600 applications online, then you had a backing up of the telephone calls. People are trying to call in and officers are trying to call out, so there are some connectivity issues. I am hoping that with the weight it is under, that the electronic system currentl
Four receive Independence Honours medals
Article by December 23, 2020
Honour, humility and joy were expressed as four distinguished Barbadians on the National Independence Honours list received their awards Tuesday from Governor General Dame Sandra Mason.
During a brief ceremony at Government House this morning, Brigadier General Sir Rudyard Eggleton Carrington Lewis was invested with the
Knight of St Andrew for extraordinary achievement and meritorious service to the military. He led the Caribbean forces involved in the US-led invasion of Grenada to restore order following the bloody October 1983 coup.
The
Companion of Honour of Barbados was awarded to O’Brien Trotman, a former Labour Party cabinet minister for his service in politics and contribution to the trade union movement.