“One Family” Program To Help One Thousand Needy Families
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey says his ministry will launch at month end the One Family programme which aims to help a thousand needy families. Mr Humphrey says 50 social worker have been hired to facilitate the programme and currently over 200 hundred families have been chosen and are being assessed. […]
Crime Prevention Unit Targets at Risk Communities
Government is intensifying its crime prevention programs targeting hundreds of individuals in eleven communities identified as most at risk. Minister of State in the Attorney General’s Chambers with Responsibility for Crime Prevention, Corey Lane, tells Starcom Network that what started as a pilot program has been expanded. Mr. Lane says there are several phases of […]
Energy Co-op To Take Over Sugar Industry
Divestment of the state-owned Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) should be a done deal by year end. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir, tells Starcom Network News he expects to be taking a paper on the matter to cabinet soon. He made it clear he’s unable to disclose further details of the plan […]