by Melissa Rollock | Mar 21, 2019 | Ministry News
The Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School, at Spooners Hill, St. Michael, is inviting members of the public to its Health and Disabilities Awareness Fun Day tomorrow, Friday, March 22, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. It is being held under the theme Working...
by Julie Carrington | Jul 4, 2017 | Top Stories
The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development is actively looking for avenues to place more members of the disabled community into the workforce. Labour Minister, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo, gave this undertaking today while addressing the...
by Jamal Weekes | Dec 14, 2016 | Top Stories
To remain competitive in the hotel industry, hoteliers must continue to reinvent themselves, as well as seek to invest in catering to disabled persons. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Richard Sealy, offered this advice today as he addressed a ceremony...
by Deirdre Gittens | Dec 2, 2016 | Top Stories
“Let us all make a pledge to inclusivity and leave no one behind”. This was Minister of Social Care, Steven Blackett’s message to Barbadians today, on the eve of International Day of the Disabled, recognised annually on December 3. Minister Blackett was delivering the...
by Deirdre Gittens | Nov 22, 2016 | Ministry News
The winners of the Barbados Council for the Disabled’s Inaugural Dorien Pile National Literacy Competition have been selected. The competition, which began in March of this year, invited persons with disabilities, their family members, friends and caregivers to submit...