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Jenson Sylvester (fifth from left), Managing Director of Flow Barbados, and Marilyn Sealy, (fifth from right) Director of Communications and Stakeholder Management, are flanked by representatives of the seven local organisations and charities who will benefit from the company’s initiative.

Flow launches ‘Our Community Matters’ campaign

Tue, 11/13/2018 - 12:00am

Seven charitable organisations are set to benefit from a major cash injection of over $40 000 as part of Flow’s upcoming end-of-year celebrations.

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic (third from left) accepts a handover of dental equipment from Lennox Prescod, Director of the Massy Foundation, during the launch of the Massy/Ministry of Health and Wellness Dental Health Promotion Project for Secondary School Students yesterday. Looking on is Michelle Codrington (left), Acting Senior Dental Officer; Joy Adamson (right) of the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training and Ian Holder, principal of Parkinson Memorial Secondary School, with students who have been the first recipients of the programme.

Secondary students to get high quality oral health care

Tue, 11/13/2018 - 12:00am

The Ministry of Health and Wellness, even in times of very scarce resources, remains committed to providing high quality oral health services for children.

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2018 Valedictorian of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI), Melanie Worrell, graduated with a Certificate in Nursing Auxiliary Studies.

GIVE WORKERS SECOND CHANCE

Mon, 11/12/2018 - 12:00am

The Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) is being challenged to give retrenched workers a second chance for retraining and
retooling.

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Treasurer of the Small Business Association (SBA) Board, Drayton Carter (right) presents Eleanor Oxley with her certificate in Maximising Social Media for Small Business.

Training crucial for SMEs

Sun, 11/11/2018 - 1:08am

A well-trained workforce is the engine that would drive the economic growth of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and, by extension, the GDP of this country as a whole.

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