Barbados is to host a follow-up symposium on crime with regional heads in Guyana in the coming months. It comes over a year after Trinidad and Tobago played host to a similar meeting. Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong says the meeting is planned for late November. He adds that Caribbean leaders are working to address the situation.

Fisherfolk will soon have a fuel dock in the Shallow Draught Marina. This from Minister of Tourism and International Transport Ian Gooding-Edghill. He says with the fuel dock, fisherfolk will not have to travel north to the Port St. Charles area.

The seventh medical team from China has arrived on the island to assist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The medical team comprises 13 persons. They were welcomed by a Barbados delegation led by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Davidson Ishmael, and China’s Ambassador to Barbados, Yan Xiusheng. Mr. Ishmael thanked the Chinese Ambassador for providing expertise in supporting health and wellness in Barbados. (Photo: J. Bishop/BGIS)