(Stock Photo) The following is a feature from the Ministry of People Empowerment & Elder Affairs in observance of International Day of the Elderly, on October 1, 2020. The day will be held under the theme: “Pandemics: Do they change how we address age and ageing?”...
National Senior Games star athletes (from left to right) Kathy Harper-Hall, Roland Waithe, Sedwin Jones and Deighton “Pa” Roach. (C.Pitt/BGIS) In 1995, Roland Waithe was a civil servant who smoked heavily and drank alcohol, even after he was diagnosed with high blood...
The National Assistance Board today launched its 18th Seniors Recreational Activities Centre at the St. John the Baptist Church, the first in the parish of St. James. Speaking at the launch of the centre, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment...
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Care, Janet Phillips, has labelled the Health Extravaganza put on by her Ministry last Friday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, as a success. The senior government official expressed her pleasure at the number of...
If the Ministry of Social Care has its way, every aging person in Barbados will do so actively and healthily. This was the sentiment expressed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Care, Janet Phillips who was speaking about a health extravaganza, the...
