by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Nov 22, 2022 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey. (FP) Issues related to health, education, transportation, and access to welfare are among a suite of matters expected to be considered in legislation to Improve the Lives of Persons with Disabilities...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Sep 16, 2022 | Top Stories
Chair of the Advisory Committee to guide the establishment of a Commission for Improving the Lives of Persons with Disabilities, Edmund Hinkson. (FP) Several ideas were put forward for inclusion into the policy and legislative proposals being drafted to improve the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 3, 2022 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, speaking at the launch of the Advisory Committee to guide the establishment of a Commission for Improving the Lives of Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday. Looking on is Parliamentary Secretary in the...
by Julie Carrington | Aug 6, 2021 | Top Stories
Barbados was a signatory in 2007 to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ratified this Treaty on February 28, 2013. (Stock photo) A call has been made to enact specific legislative action to protect the rights of the disabled...
by Melissa Rollock | Dec 9, 2020 | Top Stories
Teams from the Sanitation Service Authority and the National Conservation Commission moved in early this morning to make way for a new community park and green space in Doughlin Road, Weston. St. James. (M. Rollock/BGIS) Residents of Douglin Road, Weston, St. James,...