Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Gabrielle Springer, and Minister Kirk Humphrey, speaking with President of the Soroptimist International Barbados, Ramona Smart, during a visit at the Soroptimist Senior Citizen’s...
(Stock Photo) The Community Development Department, in collaboration with the Drax Hall Community/Resource Centre, in St. George, will begin an Active Aging Community Programme, on Monday, March 14. It will include: devotions, craft, cooking, indoor games, community...
(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...
