A move is on to cut new local non-communicable diseases by half barbis and Panama signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at establishing a business bridge between the two countries the Central Bank Governor encouraging investment for resilience and in sports Bailey and West Terrace dominate at today’s knapsack broadcasting from our studios
In the Pine St Michael this is CBC News night starting Now good evening I’m Pearson boen with estimates indicating that eight out of 10 deaths in Barbados is caused by non-communicable diseases government is on a mission to see a 50% reduction in new non-communicable diseases cases as part of its six missions contained in the mission barbitas declaration and
Minister of state and the Ministry of Health David sish says the implementation of the national strategic plan prevention and control of non-communicable diseases 2023 to 2030 will assist in this regard the Strategic plan for NCD control 2023 20 2030 reflects this urgency by providing a comprehensive framework consisting of
Eight priority areas aimed at tackling the rising burden of ncds more specifically the Strategic plan emphasizes the reduction of risk factors such as tobacco use unhealthy consumption of alcohol poor nutrition and sedentary Lifestyles through educational initiatives and policy interventions targeting communities schools and workplaces Mr ishel was speaking during
The second installation of the national Nutrition Center nutrition conference at the risan Aquatic Resort this morning operating under the theme good nutrition a prescription for NCD prevention and control as one of the many activities held to Mark Nutri month meanwhile head of Philips Boyce education officer in
The secondary section of the Ministry of Education says the barbad school nutrition policy which was implemented last April has been working but she is calling on government to intervene and assist with the vending policy as education was key to ensuring full compliance with the nutrition policy our problem is with the
Students um given to support to defendant out of school I was at one particular school with a nutritionist and at minute at 2 o’clock around 2:00 we saw a beine go towards the vendors and they were selling the unhealthy snacks so we we’re going to undermine this initiative if we do not
Address the vendors the change can be made but we need to have those vendors addressed Miss Philips voice added that the overall intention was to change eating habits and although it would not happen in one day baby steps need to be taken to achieve full compliance many barbadians migrated to
Panama to work on the Panama Canal creating a niche for themselves in the Panamanian Market that relationship has now taken on a new look this time with the signing of a memorandum of understanding to create a bridge for business between both countries Trevor Thorp has more since August 1975 Barbados and Panama
Established diplomatic relations and have since enjoyed a positive and productive partnership with almost 110 years of historical linkages and yesterday both countries strengthened bilateral relations with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and prop Panama export and investment promotion Authority at the Savannah
Hotel according to Donna for director General Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign TR Barb’s decision to finally establish a diplomatic presence here are strong signals of both government’s Mutual efforts to strengthen bilateral Partnerships the government of Barbados is firmly committed to building on strengthening our historical relationship through education tourism
Cultural exchanges Commerce and trade and activities such as these these initiatives permit us to commemorate and celebrate our his historical and cultural links and increase opportunities for enhanced cooperation and Commercial exchanges similarly James Clark president of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce says this initiative is a strategic opportunity to further promote economic growth
Entrepreneurship and Innovation we see the presence of the embassy of Panama as a gateway to New Horizons offering our local businesses unprecedented access to the dynamic Panamanian market and its Myriad of opportunities ities over the past 26 years exports from Barbados to Panama have witnessed a steady Ascent from
$4,700 in 1995 to a noteworthy $890,000 in 2021 meanwhile Her Excellency janeva Tani Momo Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama says the Caribbean has always been at the Forefront of global change but notes that it was still in many ways A House Divided she said says this further strengthening of relations will
Now deepen and Signal a new way forward we are neighbors we are brothers and sisters but we don’t act like it we have spent centuries looking beyond our region and pass each other from meaning ideas and answers we need to overcome that we need to turn our different es into
Strengths and we need to do it now because my friends the truth is the Caribbean has always been at the Forefront of global change those in attendance were also treated to some Panamanian Wares which will soon be available to the general public Trevor Thor CBC News investment for resilience that was
The message from governor of the Central Bank of barbas Dr Kevin grenage as he and other panelists discussed the topic on the Caribbean economic Forum how to achieve inclusive sustainable economic growth for Barbados over the medium to long term the top banking official told the Forum that Barbados will always be
Vulnerable to economic shots whether they are internal in terms of prices or external due to weather or other hazards whatever it is we need to prepare for it so getting inclusive growth and sustainable growth means getting the necessary investment um to be able to build up our resilience both in terms of our
Infrastructure in terms of our buffers so that when that shot comes we can recover we’ve said that under the B program we need government is stepping up to roughly 5% of GDP um by and government needs to do that by carefully managing fiscal position and
We need a private sector to step up and double it investment to about 2 billion annually the Central Bank Governor has also called for diversification within the economy in tandem with investment and gave some details diversify within tourism but at the same time building linkages between tourism and all the other
Sectors and developing the newer industries that the creative Industries is shift up renewable energy and Greening the economy this is the concept you can build this s of a structure this s of uh a sustainable environment this s sustainable growth then you will get hit but the recovery much faster and build
It in such a way to build up the social programs Education and Training and investing in in in in human resource so that every citizen is part of this inclusive grow the mamle government is about home ownership for barbarians not home rental word of this from Minister of Housing
Dwight Southerland as he addressed a Barbados labor party Branch meeting at cuber Moore primary school for the city George North constituency Minister Southerland stressed that government was trying to move away from the whole rental concept he wants to see average people owning their own properties in Barbados as according to him paying rent
Is dead money Minister souin says this was clearly spelled out in the recent budget and financial statement of government which focused on three key areas growth resiliency and people centered programs that’s why our budget was premised on three things growth resiliency for barbadians and Barbados and people Center and people Center
Speaks to empowerment and enfranchisement of our people and that’s what housing is about when you own a house in this country rent money is dead money and some may ask why it’s taking so long we can build the houses and put people in them to
Rent is that really what we want to do as a government we don’t want to do that ownership we are pushing ownership empowering the people Minister Southerland says it is all about building generational wealth so that poor people can get away from the cramped housing conditions that they
Have been subjected to when you knock on doors in housing units in this country and you realize that a two-bedroom unit occupies 15 and 16 persons you would understand why this government is adamant that we must build housing in this country and people must own them it brings tears to your eyes when
You go into these housing Estates and you see 15 a grandmother with a daughter with two daughters and they daughters have children and their children their daughter’s children have children and all live in a two and three bedroom unit we’ll take a break but coming up a government Senator is asking young
Barbarians to pay attention to the country’s development independent Senator Kevin Boyce is asking government to give a tax credit to peners Senator Boyce said pensioners are facing a situation where their Pension funds are taxed twice he made the comments in the upper chamber while contributing to the debate on the Appropriations Bill
2024 how do we encourage persons to supplement the nas give us the tax credit for the pensions or if we can’t get the tax credits in terms of removing the 25% withdrawal of lumsum give us some recognition or some incentive or some balancing out in terms of the income tax
As to why we should be encouraged to save for our pensions we’re being penalized for it sir this is something which is within the government’s Ambit and we recognize now we recognize now because it was set out in the government’s presentation with regard to the concept of concessions and how much it costs
Government perhaps then we can descent to particulars on the issue of Pensions and see what can be done I refuse to believe that we as a nation and a government this articulate is unable to solve that problem sir government Senator Gregory Nichols is asking young barbadians to keep their
Eyes on the domestic dimension of the country’s development he also wants them to closely monitor the external realities that have an impact on the nation’s development Senator Nichols made the call while speaking on the Appropriations bill in the upper chamber there is no debate between the two there are parallel lines that don’t
Intersect but if you step out of syn in either Dimension you will fail the people of this country I understand that governance has become more complex Mr President I understand that the the the the traditional talking points of your political of the political side we get
Into this cut and Trust we knock the hospital we knock this we knock the other side of but let us build a con ensus about taking the country forward because one thing I will say I welcome the return of the democratic labor party to the political stage in this chamber
But I welcome the opportunity which I don’t think I have had to debate on policy and policy mixes that are right for the Country we will not get it all right Mr President I still believe Mr President that the goal of building a good Society should be the enduring mission of this generation of members of both hoses of parliament government Senator the Reverend Charles Morris cautioned about using the plights of the poor as a
Political football he sought to dispel the contributions of the opposition Democratic labor party Senators as he defended the government Reverend Morris reminded in the midst of covid-19 government kept people employed and provided a istance unlike some First World countries Senator Morris a veteran educator is in support of Education
Reform we need education reform because at every juncture in history when there was a development in educ and Technology you had the concomitant transformation in education Senator Patricia Paris wants to know if the budget to the prime minister office is cut who will help the vulnerable families speaking on the
Debate in the upper house she says a number of those families were discovered during covid-19 through the survival program survey she says the 1500 people look forward to the assistance as do those from the Adopt a Family program families look forward to receiving that $600 monthly to assist them because as
We Know there were several persons who were laid off as a result of covid and they did not have an income coming to the household Mr President this program is managed very well by the prime minister’s office only recently in another place we heard the call for the prime minister’s
Budget to be cut I am saying that when this budget if this budget is cut how would these families be able to survive Senator Paris added that the programs also work towards getting the individuals to be gainfully employed and the ministry of people empowerment and Elder Affairs needs to be
Commended we just did not go out there and handpick a thousand families we did A needs assessment to cater to the needs of the families an opportunity is also given to Young persons between the ages of 16 and 24 to enroll in the jobs Start program Mr President another program for the people
Of Barbados young people Sports night brought to you by public is pause is power and by the sun live first the sun After time for us now to head into sports night as we’re joined by a very jubilant anarie Burke good evening to you an Marie good evening to you person I start with you that Fashion Nation Bailey’s Primary School Panthers and Williams Industries West terce Tigers swept the boys and girls titles in the
Over Thompson and py calendar zones respectively in today’s chef F Frosty napsack zonal meet Bailey’s girls Ted 342 points while the boys were runaway winners before whopping 3 72 points West Terrace conquered the girls in a py calendar Zone with 2 93.5 and in the boys they amass
264.50 here’s look at some of the 100 meters starting with the record run of Cameron at Academy of Providence who set a new time of 13.30 seconds in the other 13 boys race as he erased the all time of 13.58 set by Jaden soers of St Catherine’s primary back in
2011 so here we go actually this is another section we just don’t have the names for this section that looks like a l from Providence will be taking that one after a good start see brown Scot with a with a limp yeah it seems like he’s having some
Difficult difficulty there but in the meantime to Johnny Nichols of Shirley Chism easily winning this one they’re off again we will see the experience surely Chism Harvey has Harvey’s going to take it here we go bit of difficulty in maneuvering the lanes however not so for rayah alen of
Hinb primary alen of hinb primary she holds on a good effort from Kima Burke of Bailey’s primary out there in Lane number two off in the running Howard coming back Pilgrim sergeant and King and Asia sergeant of St Elizabeth yes this girl has a sign and sealed and delivered easy wi there for
Is Sergeant they’re off on running a good clean start this time around let’s see who will do the early running it looks like uh from West teris Rosalie O’Neal yes O’Neal has it O’Neal easy winner there they’re offing running see Alex Jones AEL Alex Jones AEL of Williams
Industries West Paris okay and sure B in to basketball now pilot have assured themselves of being the number one seat for The corporators General Insurance B Premier League playoffs last in the top of the table clash with fugia Boutique station Hill Cavaliers Pilots came out
On top 7370 to move to an unsalable 26 points with one regular season game to go the PIR trailing for the majority of the game but thanks mainly to Rasheed mayard and his game high 36 points they came away with the win incidentally the Cavs have also swn up the number two
Seed position their regular season is over but they have 25 points and cannot be caught by either Burger King clap and balls or Camp smart Assurance City United the Cavs actually lost their last two games as they also went down to the Celtics recently at the BCC gym cbc’s Damien B
Reports station Hill Cavaliers in green and black versus City United Celtics first half business Stefan Ley sees the lane and drives to the hoop had 15 points on the night the Celtics rebirth looking impressive after slow start to the season the steel left handed layup no good put back Works Celtics play with
Real purpose moving the Rock and attacking five players in double figures leading the away Joel Hunt with 23 and 13 boards Reno Brewster add 21 the Celtics pleas his punch up by 10 at halftime Captain Theon King from upstairs beautiful sight Celtics 52 gavs 42 second half switch up ends not much
Change in terms of the lead andan Joseph Thorne for three sugar 14 points in a till Cavs in need of some respite of no concern to the Celtics though 74 to 63 the lead with one quarter to go the Cavaliers has cleaned up their at at the
Right time Atley says have some vital three-pointer Captain side Norville now with the spin move in the lane Cavs within touching distance of a come from behind win compound in the situation Celtics getting sloppy credit to Devon Knight who had 20 points and this man Brandon rock with 18 but the Celtics
Work diligently to secure the victory Theo grenage says this is our time big three then Brewster from the corner pocket drilled the score line in the final analysis City United Celtics 101 Cavaliers 998 Damen best CBC Sports and the final race of the playoffs is between the Bulls and
Celtics with both teams aiming to avoid the number four seed because they’ll have to take on the 13 to zero on defeated pyland in the semis a win for BS tomorrow against the said pons at 8:00 p.m. at the Wy gym will give them the number three seed and a date with
Cavaliers in the semifinals the business report is brought to you with a kind compliments of the National Insurance and Social Security Service more than a contribution it’s your Lifeline in tonight’s Business Report Panama’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Her Excellency Jan Tani Momo is viewing Barbados as an open door for trade and education for Panama to the Caribbean she was speaking at a ceremony marking the establishment of the Panama Embassy in Barbados she told the Gathering at
The kayfield campus of the University of the West Indies that the initiative will create New Frontiers for people of both countries this political presence here it feels Just Fur and just and it’s something that our country should have done probably and we should have exchange uh this embassies this political um um uh
Collaboration before but the world is a new world now things have changed now everything have changed completely and it’s time for us to reconnect to who we are and I myself feel a little bit bar UMB Barbadian you say uh and I think your culture has influenced us so much
That I feel I’m part of it too Pro Vice Chancellor and principal of the UV kield campus Professor Clive Landis called it a momentous occasion given the historic ties that exist between Barbados and Panama we see joint research activities including the exchange of Faculty members and research students we see Panamanian students pursuing
Undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Barbados and vice versa this is an excellent opportunity to improve by lingualism in both countries we welcome joint seminars and conferences with our carts in Panama and with the embassy here we look forward to Panama Barbados relations 3.0 and to reinforcing our partnership for Mutual
Benefit and for the benefit of our peoples and societies chairman of the baradas private set Association Trisha Tannis is calling for an education strategy to be put in place to stop the importation of Labor she says this needs to be critically considered since millions of dollars are spent on education annually
And labor still has to be imported she called for continuous dialogue with the private sector since incentives were given in the recent budget the private sector needs to know react very very swiftly uh once we have a clear definition of as to how these rules and credits and incentives work to jump on
Board and take advantage of these opportunities but having said that I also needs to bring his own opportunities to the table and and in so doing um essentially in collaboration with the government sit down and understand how are we building these sectors and new Industries out and how
Do we want to Resource them then and only then then we can create uh competencies we can create a syllabi and so on and curriculum around these new emerging Industries so that we do have that pipeline that is going to feed eventually into the new you know more
Exciting um industries that we have to to tap into internationally time for the second half in sports and Murray and I promise you some interesting news in ice skating six young skaters between the ages of 8 to 13 left the island for a 4-we international ice skating development
Camp in Costa Rica for Latin America and Caribbean jayen O’Neal Marshall Vashon Edwards de car bensin kimman butcher Kelsey Borg and Anora Lewis will join National Ice skater prian Cas Sharma over the next few days honing their skills under the guidance of seven coaches from Canada organized and
Facilitated by the barbas ice skating Association these young skaters were chosen from their various local roller skate clubs with the aim of making the transition from Wheels to blades they’ll be provided with new ice skates from Global skate And Blade manufacturer Jackson Ultima while skating supplies will be from the figure skating boutique
Out of Toronto Canada president of the Barb skating Association Raj Sharma who traveled with the group says the trip is also aimed at getting more persons involved in the sport we have organized a 4-day camp uh have are bringing coaches from Canada to teach these kids to transition from
Ground roller skating and speed skating to skating on an ice rink uh with the vision being to develop um additional Talent uh locally um to get to a very very high performing level and eventually compete at National International competitions for ice figure skating and Ice speed skating as
Well um when the kids do come back they they will have exercises to do uh to keep up with their training on the ground uh until we can do uh another Camp again with a you know a long-term goal of developing a an ice rink on the island Sharma also revealed that the
Camp is part of the push for the barbas ice skating Association to gain recognition under the Sports World governing body Barbados ice skating Association is uh organizing this um essentially to uh get uh membership into the international skating Union which is um based in in Switzerland and once we
Get ISU membership following that we will get Barbados Olympic Association membership with the goal of um um identifying and High performing athletes and some of which may qualify for the Milan 2026 Winter Olympic Games uh so that’s a goal that we have to put Barbados on the map for winter
Sports the ice skating camp runs from tomorrow to March 31st I also see skaters from Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic and host Costa Rica well Jamaica’s Kyle Greg drove away the recent motor rain Club of inks spring Blaze 24 double headers Sprint that is from society to Kendall
And the reverse with the action in either direction extremely Keen let’s go into the fast lane as usual The Spectators are outting their numbers for the opening rally of the Barbados rally 2 championship and Jamaica’s KY Greg left all of the competitors smelling his exhaust as he
Conquered the seventh stage event in a time of 21 minutes 0 9.22 seconds behind the wheel of his Ford Fiesta rally two on the penultimate run gray clocked 2 minutes 59.1 7 Seconds beating Rob Swan by 1.2 seconds and easing into the lead by six times and then bettered his
Previous run by 100th of a second to win the day swan out of the UK in his scor of faier rally to Evo put pressure on great for the entire day as it was back and forth tussle for the lead eventually Swan who’s no stranger to the beijan
Roads will lose out by just 1 second gaining 17 points to behind Greg in the championship race me well Josh re continues to run his Ford Fiesta r five the oil machine and at the end of the day the local boy claimed that final Podium finished with 0.24 seconds off
The winner Greg round out the top five was Roger ninja Hill in scoria Fabia R5 and Mark Maloney behind the wheel of his SCA Fabia rally 2 EV round two of the 2024 CC Caribbean Barbados rally 2 Championship will be the Shak down stages the preamble to Sol Rally
Barbados and that set to run off on April the 28 and that’s our time tonight thank you for spending it with us I’m Pearson boing for the crew to all of you good night by God’s will we’ll see you tomorrow
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