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Barbados Bids to Beat Ageing Crisis with Bold Reforms.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Barbados is facing a shrinking and ageing population, low birth rates, and the loss of skilled young people. These problems are putting pressure on pensions, healthcare, and social services, while also slowing economic growth. To...
Youth gather to empower ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day
Pan American Health Organization
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September 4, 2025
Bridgetown, Barbados, 3 September 2025 (PAHO) – Youth from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) gathered for an engaging discussion to tackle a challenging topic – suicide – and learn of approaches that can help the situation....
Fenty Skin’s Barbados Connection
HAPPI
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Rihanna takes a home-grown approach to skincare. Fenty Skin formulas are loaded with superfruits from the entertainer’s native Barbados, including Barbados cherry, starfruit and Kalahari melon. All are naturally rich in vitamins, minerals and...
Leprosy mission helps chart the way forward in St. Lucia and Barbados
Pan American Health Organization
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August 21, 2025
Castries, St. Lucia, and Bridgetown, Barbados, 17th June 2025 (PAHO) – Two PAHO Member States have a clearer path toward leprosy elimination following missions by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). A two-day mission from June 16th to...
Grenada’s delegation arrives in Barbados for Carifesta XV
Now Grenada
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August 21, 2025
Forty-one members of Grenada’s 45-member delegation have arrived in Barbados ahead of Carifesta XV, taking place from 22–31 August 2025. The festival, themed “Caribbean Roots, Global Excellence,” is set to be the ultimate celebration of Caribbean...
Nutritional Cannabis101: A return to our roots
Dominica News Online
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September 4, 2025
PAID POST: By Williiam Courtney, MD in partnership with Marcia B. Moulon, Esq. - Thursday, September 4th, 2025 at 7:00 AM Marcia Moulon esq. and William Courtney MDDisclaimer: The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the...
Barbadians urged to protect the elderly
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 14, 2025
The Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs is using the launch of part two of the 21st National Senior Games to highlight crime against the elderly. Minister Kirk Humphrey strongly condemned recent acts of violence against the elderly,...
Growing Barbados Cherry in Florida
UF/IFAS
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August 20, 2025
Barbados cherry (Malpighia emarginata), also called acerola, is a tropical and subtropical fruit tree well adapted to Florida’s climate. It is valued for its attractive evergreen foliage, ornamental pink flowers, and bright red fruit that are...
Health Minister warns of unsustainable nurse shortages
Barbados Today
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August 13, 2025
65 Barbados’ nursing workforce is under severe strain as the island battles rising health problems and a shrinking number of nurses, Health Minister Senator Jerome Walcott has warned. With just 43 nurses for every 10 000 people — roughly one nurse...
Barbadian youth leader Ashley Lashley appointed to UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Barbados Today
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August 12, 2025
238 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of fourteen young climate leaders to the third cohort of his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, including Ashley Lashley of Barbados, a passionate advocate...
Healthy Caribbean Coalition sponsors TV and print category health honors for Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s media awards
Dominica News Online
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August 11, 2025
Maisha Hutton, Executive Director, HCC. Photo: HCCThe Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), collaborating with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), for its 56th Annual General Assembly (AGA) and 36th Caribbean Media Awards (CMAs) in Bridgetown,...
Barbados has a unique opportunity to champion harm reduction at COP11
The Nation Barbados
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August 11, 2025
By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance This year, the world’s eyes will turn to Geneva as leaders gather for COP11, the World Health Organization’s critical conference on tobacco control. As decisions are made that will impact...
What would success look like at Africa Climate Summit 2?
China Dialogue Ocean
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September 4, 2025
Africa’s largest climate-focused gathering of the year will begin on 8 September in Addis Ababa. Coming just two months before the COP30 UN climate negotiations in Brazil, the stakes are unusually high for the Second Africa Climate Summit. The...
Barbados to host CICAD Conference
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 11, 2025
Barbados is hosting the first-ever Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) conference to be held in the English-speaking Caribbean. It starts tomorrow and runs until Thursday at Accra Beach Hotel and Spa, Rockley, Christ Church,...
Edison Sumner Among Regional Judges for CIBC Caribbean’s Unsung Heroes Campaign
ZNS
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September 4, 2025
A panel of five distinguished persons has been assembled to decide the first regional winners of the relaunched CIBC Caribbean Unsung Heroes. The panel is headed by Independent Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, Senator Francis Lewis a...
Saudi Loan to fund urban renewal and healthcare upgrades
The Nation Barbados
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August 18, 2025
The Government of Barbados is planning an extensive urban renewal programme in and around Bridgetown, aimed at not only reducing the high population density, but providing a better quality of life for residents. “We will be using urban renewal as...
Medical cannabis industry takes steady strides as Weir eyes broader access
Barbados Today
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August 9, 2025
39 Barbados’ medical cannabis industry is progressing cautiously, with authorities highlighting deliberate advancements aimed at improving patient access and ensuring high standards across the fledgling industry. Minister of Agriculture, Food and...
Sagicor Barbados earnings up
The Nation Barbados
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August 18, 2025
Sagicor is reporting millions of dollars in increased revenue and income from its insurance business in Barbados. Sagicor Life conducts life, health insurance, property and casualty insurance, pensions, annuities, and asset management services...
Trump imposes visa restrictions on Cuban, Grenadian officials involved in Cuban medical mission program
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 18, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz The Trump administration on Wednesday, Aug. 13, imposed visa restrictions on African, Cuban...
Health reform needed, not naval missions
Trinidad Express
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August 9, 2025
I AM writing as a concerned citizen, with growing unease, following the recent report that “hundreds turned out” for free medical services provided by the US Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort in Trinidad and Tobago. In a nation proud to offer free...