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Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir, assisting 18-year-old Dario Joe, one of the agroforestry course participants, with planting his tree on his three acres of land. Looking on are other participants of the course.

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Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir, presenting Bernice Chase with her ram.

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Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir, presenting the apiculture kit to Colin Holligan.

OFF TO A GOOD START

Thu, 10/17/2019 - 12:27am

Participants of the Government’s Farmers Empower-ment and Enfran-chisement (FEED) Programme are steps closer to putting their new agribusiness and expertise to work for their own betterment.

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From left: Eckler’s Principals for Pensions and Benefits, Ryan Griffith and Tricia Chamely; Royal Fidelity’s Vice President, Jillian Nunes; CEO of the Financial Services Commission, Kester Guy; and Sagicor’s Investment Analyst, Nicholas Neckles, have a chat after the first session of the conference.

Laws being overhauled

Tue, 10/15/2019 - 5:32am

IN a bid to make them more relevant, several pieces of legislation governing the Financial Services Commission (FSC) are being overhauled.

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Reverend Adrian Odle (left), the first chaplain of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS), shares a light moment with Minister of Home Affairs, Edmund Hinkson, after the BFS’s Thanksgiving Service at the Bethel Methodist Church on Sunday.

Barbados Fire Service’s first Chaplain is Rev. Adrian Odle

Tue, 10/15/2019 - 4:36am

Sunday, October 13 was a historic day for the officers of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS), who witnessed the installation of their first Chaplain, Reverend Adrian Odle.

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