by Joy Springer | May 21, 2019 | banner, Top Stories
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...
by Paula Harper-Grant | Oct 19, 2018 | Ministry News
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...
by Paula Harper-Grant | Jan 15, 2018 | Ministry News
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...
by Paula Harper-Grant | Jan 10, 2018 | Ministry News
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...
by Deirdre Gittens | Mar 21, 2017 | banner, Top Stories
The National Senior Games present living proof of the undeniable benefits of a physically active lifestyle. Minister of Social Care, Steven Blackett, shared this view this morning, while speaking at the launch of the 16th hosting of the National Senior Games, at the...
