by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 22, 2017 | banner, Top Stories
A Mandatory Reporting Protocol is being developed for Barbados to track all cases of child abuse. Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, made this disclosure on Wednesday as he addressed the closing ceremony for a Child Rights seminar hosted by the United Nations...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | May 24, 2017 | Top Stories
A $5 million investment by Government should see the Barbados Fire Service (BFS) receiving three new fire tenders by the end of next month. The new appliances join the three the BFS received last year as part of Government’s commitment to ensuring that that department...
by Theresa Blackman | May 23, 2017 | banner, Top Stories
Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs, Adriel Brathwaite (second from left) and officials touring the civic centre being constructed in Cane Garden, St. Thomas today. (C.Pitt/BGIS) If all goes well, the Civic Centre being constructed in Cane Garden, St....
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | May 15, 2017 | Top Stories
Agencies across Barbados are being called upon to collaborate and focus more on the root causes of children’s behaviour, rather than just punishing their actions. During his address at the start of the third annual Action for Justice march and rally in Heroes Square...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | May 11, 2017 | Ministry News
The long awaited Barbados Fire Academy is set to open its doors next week, while the Arch Hall Fire Station has already reopened its doors. Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard, said the St. Thomas-based station was reopened on Wednesday, but noted that the transition to...