by Joy-Ann Gill | Apr 9, 2019 | Top Stories | Tags: community, Dwight Sutherland, Faith-based organisations, Minister of Small Business Entrepreneurship and Commerce
The opening of a new mini-mart in St. George has been described as “what can result when love, hard work and a Christian resolve is poured into an entrepreneurial venture”. This is how Sunday’s opening of TodaMart Inc. was viewed by Minister of Small Business,...
by Joy Springer | Jan 31, 2019 | Top Stories | Tags: Crime, Faith-based organisations, Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Pause for prayer, violence
Barbadians are reminded to take a minute out of their day tomorrow to pause for prayer. Starting at noon, radio stations will join the nation in observing one minute of prayerful silence. In response to the several incidents of violence experienced this month, the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Oct 21, 2016 | Top Stories | Tags: Cheryl Willoughby, Church, Criminal Justice Research and Planning Unit, Faith-based organisations, Minister of Social Care Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Home Affairs, Steve Blackett
Churches and faith-based organisations are being mobilised to go into communities, reach out to at-risk youth and tackle crime and the presence of gangs across the island. This comes as officials at the Criminal Justice Research and Planning Unit (CJRPU) disclosed...
