by Joy-Ann Gill | Jun 5, 2024 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) The National Assistance Board (NAB) has advised that the most critical beneficiaries from the Home Care and Community Elder Care Programmes will be served on Friday, June 7, despite its closure on that day. The NAB’s office at Murrell House, Country...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Jan 29, 2024 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, (right) admires the unveiled plaque at the newly renovated Vauxhall Senior Citizens’ Village, along with President of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons, Marilyn Rice-Bowen (far left); Acting...
by Fabian Belgrave | Dec 15, 2023 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Ninety-four females, who participated in the Community Development Department’s Care of the Elderly Programme at the Gall Hill Community Centre, St. John, over a 12-week period, are now better equipped to care for the elderly in the nation. And, Minister...
by Julie Carrington | Dec 8, 2023 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, is cautioning all Barbadians, especially the island’s seniors, to be vigilant during the Yuletide Season. (FP) In the wake of a robbery of two elderly women on Thursday, Minister of People Empowerment...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Oct 24, 2023 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey (third from left), unveils a plaque to signal the reopening of a refurbished Lancaster House at Lancaster, St. James. Also pictured are (from left to right): Acting Director (NAB), Lennox Vaughan;...