The Barbados Port Inc. is moving to generate electricity from waste collected. This is to be done through the replacement of its decommissioned incinerator with a waste to energy facility. The project will cost 40 million dollars and will be funded with assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank. According to the port’s Divisional Manager of Innovation and Corporate Service, Captain Karl Branch, this project will be implemented over the next two years, with a mobile solution to deal with waste to be established in April. He explains that as one of the countries engaged in home porting, there must be provisions for receiving waste under the international regulations, which will be used along with home waste to produce the electricity. Captain Branch was speaking during a town hall meeting to discuss the environmental and social impact assessment for installation of the facility. Meanwhile, Divisional Manager of Operations Ian Stewart says pyrolysis and gasification were investigated before deciding on incineration as the best option.

Titans are the final qualifiers for the BIM10 playoffs. They won the final match of the preliminaries this evening on the back of their skipper Ashley Nurse, who powered them to victory over Guardians at Windward. Guardians batted first and posted 101 for 4 from their 10 overs. Shamar Forde with 38 not out, and Jayden Roberts with 33 not out, put on 56 for the unbroken 5th wicket partnership. In reply, Titans were struggling on 35 for 5, but player of the match nurse, with an unbeaten 62 from 27 balls, inclusive of 4-fours and 5-sixes, guided his team to 105 for 5 off 8.3 overs to win by five wickets. Nurse and Matthew Jones who made 24, put on 70 for the unbroken 6th wicket partnership. Titans and Guardians end on 20 points each, but Titans finish 4th thanks to a superior net run rate. Meanwhile, Warriors ended the regular season in 1st place, after they defeated the Voyagers in today’s opening match. Voyagers, who finished last on eight points, batted first and were dismissed for just 63 in their 10 overs. Jason Greene topscored with 27, while player of the match Andre Marshall took 3 for 8 and Preston McSween 3 for 11. Warriors were however, made to fight for the victory, as they ended on 66 for 8 off 9.4 to win by two wickets. Zidan Harewood led the way with 32 not out, while Deswin Currency took 4 for 9. Warriors top the standings on 28 points and will play Titans in tomorrow’s 2nd semifinal at 2:30 p.m. While Settlers who finished 2nd, will take on 3rd-placed Pelicans in the first semi at noon.. The final is set for Sunday at noon.

Moved by a desire to fill the gap regarding the absence of positive male role models, one local organisation is working to guide and assist young men who it says have a role to play in shaping Barbados’ future. The Future Leaders Foundation has been working to tackle the problem at the core. Founder, Mauricio Chase says they are in the early stages of developing its leadership programmes and other projects. He provided some insight on CBC TV8’s Mornin’ Barbados. Co-founder, Kevin Cobham says the Future Leaders Foundation has embraced social media to engage youth directly.