by Joy-Ann Gill | Jul 9, 2024 | Top Stories
Disabilities Advocate and Chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Disabilities, Edmund Hinkson. (FP) Barbados’ progress towards enhancing the lives of persons with disabilities (PWDs) was highlighted recently by three of the island’s advocates, who attended the...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Jun 19, 2024 | Top Stories
Samuel Burke (second from right) giving a demonstration of the flexible white canes to (from left to right) – Director of the National Disabilities Unit (NDU), John Hollingsworth; IT Specialist for the Blind and Visually Impaired at the NDU, The Most Honourable...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Apr 2, 2024 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey. (FP) Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, is calling for more to be done this year with respect to issues related to persons with disabilities, the elderly, gender, and...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Dec 6, 2023 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, presents an Appreciation Certificate to President of the Barbados Association for the Blind and Deaf, Elviston Maloney, during the unveiling ceremony of a plaque entitled ‘Honouring our...
by Government of Barbados | Nov 27, 2023 | Top Stories
(Stock Image) Barbados will join the international community in celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on Sunday, December 3. To commemorate the event, the National Disabilities Unit (NDU), in association with the Barbados Council for the...