New information centre launched

THE Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) City of Bridgetown Branch has launched its new information centre at Queen Street.

DLP candidate for The City, Henderson Williams, who is hoping to win the seat in the upcoming General Election, told The Barbados Advocate during his ongoing Clean Up The City campaign, yesterday, that the new location will be used as a resource centre for constituents to seek relevant information.

“This is an indication that we are open for business. We are open to hear the residents of The City, to treat to their needs and certainly, it is something that we have been doing for a very long time,” he said.

Williams explained that the centre will be used during the election season as a space where persons can gather information on where they need to vote, among other relevant information.

“It is really a resource space. We want to create a space that we can touch everyone. Even though we already have two offices, one in Tudor Street and one in Evelyn Avenue, persons from Nelson Street still complain that those two locations are a little far sometimes.

“So, we are going to have someone at the centre to gather the information in relation to employment needs, housing needs, you name it. That information will be fed back to the office and we will start to process the information in interest of those persons,” he said.

Over the past 18 months, Williams has led a team of young constituents who have been assisting in the effort of cleaning up The City. The candidate noted that yesterday was a culmination of what his team has been able to do thus far, in relation to the series of clean-up activities.

“We started with the New Orleans, and we are now here in the Nelson Street area and its environs. This is really a culmination of more than a year of activity. We have touched the entire City because we said we didn’t want it to be a short public relations exercise…

“Over time, people tend to pile up old fridges, old stoves, beds, you can’t even imagine the amount of stuff that people have in their backyards. We have been able to activate the young men and women from the community. We are busy making The City a better place for all our City dwellers,” Williams said. (AH)