by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | May 14, 2019 | Top Stories | Tags: Kirk Humphrey, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy
Chief Officer of MV Tropic Island, Noel Yorac showing Minister of Maritime Affairs, Kirk Humphrey; CEO of Barbados Port Inc., David Jean-Marie; and Chairman of Barbados Port Inc., Senator Lisa Cummins, the bridge controls of the vessel while Captain, Sergei Zubenko...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 25, 2019 | Top Stories | Tags: Kirk Humphrey, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Plastics ban, town hall meeting
Concerns about alternatives to petro-based single-use plastics dominated much of the discussion, as the conversation surrounding the ban continued during the town hall meeting at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre last night. And, after hearing that there were...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 25, 2019 | Top Stories | Tags: Esworth Reid, Kirk Humphrey, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Persons with Disabilities, Plastics ban, town hall meeting
Persons living with disabilities may have special conditions extended to them to accommodate their needs. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, and Permanent Secretary, Esworth Reid, both offered this solution after hearing concerns raised...
by Sharon Austin | Apr 23, 2019 | Top Stories | Tags: Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall, Environment, Financial Action Task Force, Kirk Humphrey, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Plastics ban
Government is working assiduously to “bring Barbados up to the standard” set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Attorney General Dale Marshall said there would be very serious consequences if this country did not come up to the standard of the FATF, which is...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 23, 2019 | banner, Top Stories | Tags: Kirk Humphrey, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Plastics ban, Styrofoam containers
Barbados imported over 100 million individual plastic bags in 2017 – that is enough plastic to wrap around this island 368 times. It also imported 150,000 pounds of plastic cups, equivalent to 43 ZR vans that same year, and 140,000 pounds of plastic straws,...
