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Bajan Newscap 4/9/2017

Good Morning #realdreamchasers! Here is your daily news cap for Sunday 9th 2017. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Sunday Sun Newspaper (SS).

PARENTS WANTS PHOTO OF BABY REMOVED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA - The baby in a picture being circulated on social media as the infant who died last Monday at the Ivy, St Michael, is actually alive and well. And the child’s parents are livid and have asked that people stop sharing the photograph and to take it down. The couple who spoke yesterday at their Black Rock, St Michael home said they were horrified when someone showed them the picture on social media with the words Rest in Peace written across it. The baby boy, Raheem, was born two weeks ago with his twin sister RoKisha. Their 29-year-old mother explained that it was the first picture she had taken of her son, who was released from the hospital before his sister. (SS)

TIGHTER WORK PERMIT SYSTEM – The Ministry of Labour has devised a formal framework to guide the granting of work permits to non-nationals, amid concern among labour and the public about the process. Statistics obtained by the SUNDAY SUN revealed that permit approvals showed a marked spike between 2013 and 2015, the last years for which figures are available. Some 17 989 work permits were issued in the years 2010 through 2015, with agricultural workers, carpenters and masons consistently among the top three occupations. In 2010, 2 237 were granted, 2 459 in 2011, 2 075 in 2012, 3 890 in 2013, 3 841 in 2014 and 3 487 in 2015. (SS)

HIGHWAY PROJECT GOING TO GRENADA – ADOPT-A-KILOMETRE is moving into other Caribbean territories. After transforming the local landscape from Christ Church to St Peter the company is taking its unique concept of outdoor advertising to Grenada and possibly St Lucia. Project coordinator Andrew Clarke said officials had been in discussion since last year with government officials in St George’s and by next month the firm will be providing signage along 20 kilometres of verges in the Spice Isle. “We are looking to go from the airport into St George’s,” Clarke said. (SS)

DOCKING THREAT TOPS BSTU AGENDA - Members of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) will go into a huddle on Tuesday as they craft a response to the Ministry of Education’s threat to dock the pay of those who took part in last week’s march. Calling the threat another attack on teachers, BSTU president Mary Redman said the annual general meeting at Harrison College will be restructured so that issue will be the major order of business. “There are some decisions that we have to make, including our reaction to the issue of pay, and we need to have our members out here now so we wouldn’t have to call them back out again during vacation,” she told the SUNDAY SUN yesterday. (SS)

TWO INJURED IN ST PHILIP ACCIDENT - Two people are nursing injuries following a three-vehicle collision at Grove Road, St Philip this morning. Makayla Bradshaw, 35, of Ocean City, St Philip was the driver of one of the two motorcars involved while Lisa Alleyne, 36, of Pollards Land, St Philip was the other driver. Kerry-Anne Harding, 29, of College Savannah, St John was the driver of the motor-van. Bradshaw who complained of pain to the head and left leg was treated on the scene by ambulance personnel while Alleyne was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance for treatment. Harding and her three passengers were unhurt. Two fire tenders and nine fire officers under the command of Divisional Officer Errol Gaskin responded to the scene but their assistance were not required. Investigations are continuing. (BT)

TODLER IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER ACCIDENT – A two-year-old boy is in critical condition, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), following a vehicle accident last evening at Sargeants Village, Christ Church. According to police spokesman Acting Inspector Roland Cobbler the toddler and several other children were reportedly running along the road, when the two-year-old ran into the path of the vehicle driven by 31-year-old Andrew Forte of Sargeants Village, Christ Church. He received injuries to the head and was taken to the QEH by ambulance for medical treatment. Investigations continue into the accident which occurred around 6:30 p.m., on Friday, April 7. (BT)

POLICE APPEAL TO PARENTS – Parents and guardians must ensure that children are “adequately supervised” during the Easter Holiday. This was the plea from members of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) on the heels of a vehicle accident, on Friday night, that has left a two-year-old boy in critical condition at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). The toddler and several other children were reportedly running along a road at Sargeants Village, Christ Church around 6:30 p.m. when he ran into the path of the vehicle driven by 31-year-old Andrew Forte. He received injuries to the head and was taken to the QEH by ambulance for medical treatment. Lawmen are also urging parents and guardians to ensure that all basic precautionary measures are taken during kite flying activities especially near power lines. (BT)

QEH LAB STAFF UP IN ARMS – There is trouble brewing in the laboratory of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). Eight members of staff of one of the most important departments at the health care facility are up in arms about a decision by hospital management to maintain a 24-hour shift system which involves only them, while other colleagues are afforded a full-time 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shift. The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) held two meetings with QEH officials on the matter, the last on Friday, when it was decided the system would remain for another month. “Negotiations are still ongoing,” the NUPW’s acting deputy general secretary Wayne Walrond told the SUNDAY SUN about the situation. “The extension will be pending having a number of matters ironed out, which have been addressed at the meetings so the system can be properly implemented,” Walrond added. (SS)

STATISTICS ON PARKINSON’S DISEASE - Barbados’ Chief Medical Officer says more people are being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at an earlier age. Dr Joy St John made the disclosure this morning at the Limegrove Cinemas during a seminar on the illness held by the Barbados Parkinson Trust. “Most of us have been led to believe that the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease are associated with aging and that the disease usually affects persons over the age of 50. However, there have been more cases of early onset of the disease and emerging data has shown that during the past several years it has been estimated and five to ten per cent of persons suffering from the disease are under the age of 40 years,” she told the gathering. Over one thousand Barbadians have been diagnosed with the condition. (BT)

OBESITY NOW A PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC – Obesity in children in Barbados has become a public health epidemic. Currently, almost one in every three kids is overweight, and another 17 per cent of children between nine and ten years old are dealing with elevated blood pressure, both of which could lead to troublesome chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) as they mature. These worrisome results form part of a recent study which was conducted by a joint task force from the Department of Paediatrics of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), the faculty of medical sciences of the University of the West Indies UWI), the Ministry of Education, and the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition of McGill University in Canada. (SS)

YOUTH RESPOND TO HFLE CRITICISMS - The idea that secondary schoolchildren are being turned into homosexuals by health and family life education (HFLE) programmes is a case of misunderstanding what sexual education is. That’s the response from Barbados Youth Development Council (BYDC) president Roshanna Trim to the current public discussion on the issue. She spoke during a special meeting and by-election held by the council at the Ministry of Youth in Haggatt Hall, St Michael, yesterday. Trim was reacting to comments by HIV/AIDS counsellor Ambrose Carter about the programme. “It’s really a reluctance to educate ourselves that creates these misconceptions. . . . We really need to address them. We need to have an open mind and address these things with a 21st century mindset and not with a 19th century mindset that was hidden in all of this talk of things being of a taboo nature. (SS)

DOUBLY SWEET – Darian King and Haydn Lewis have had their tough battles over the years. Not yesterday. Revenge was definitely sweet for the dynamic duo, as they avenged their CAC Games loss to Christopher Diaz and Wilfredo Gonzalez by rolling over the Guatemalans to give Barbados a 2-1 Davis Cup lead. (SS)

FOGGING SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 10TH -13TH - Residents are being urged to open their doors and windows as the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Unit continues its fogging exercise aimed at reducing the Aedes aegypti mosquito population. The fogging exercise runs from 4.30 to 7.30 p.m. each day.

On Monday, April 10, areas to be fogged in Christ Church are Kingsland Park, Kingsland Heights, Kingsland East, Kingsland North, Kingsland Terrace, Kingsland Gardens, Wotton Housing Area, Wotton, Best Road, Plumgrove, Lodge Road, Sayes Court, Ealing Grove, Ealing Park North, Chancery Lane, Thyme Bottom and environs.

On Tuesday, April 11, the team will be in St George, fogging Melverton with Avenues, Mount Road, Mount Gardens, Drax Hall Tenantry, Drax Hall Jump, Windsor, Airy Hill with Avenues, Flat Rock Tenantry, Charles Row Bridge, Glebe, Glebe Land and surrounding areas.

On Wednesday, April 12, the team will be in St Michael to spray President Kennedy Drive, Thomas Gap, Richmond Gap, Alkins Land, Gills Gap, Eagle Hall, Goodland, Bridge Gap, Black Rock, Jones Land, Deacons Road, Redman Road, Weekes Land, Headley Road and neighbouring districts.

On Thursday, April 13, the exercise moves to St James, where Pattane Gardens, Mount Standfast, Glitter Bay Terrace, Porters, Trents Tenantry, Westmoreland, Waterhall Terrace, Povi Avenue, St Silas Heights with Avenues, Waterhall Tenantry and the environs will be fogged. (BT)

BIG DEMAND FOR CCTV – Single women and the elderly have had enough of their homes being targeted by criminals. And those in the security business are over the moon with the response. Three of the country’s main security systems providers are reporting a significant increase in Barbadians willing to invest more money than ever before to protect their home or property with electronic surveillance equipment. And they believe a rise in homes being targeted is the main reason the business is in such high demand. (SS)

HARDWARE STEPPING ON TO BASHMENT STAGE - Bashment Soca has a new competition contender. Samuel Bridgeman, also known as Hardware Muzyk, is no stranger to the growing art form, but he will enter the contest this Crop Over for the first time as a singer. For many years the deejay/songwriter has co-produced many popular tunes. If you listen closely you will hear his name being mentioned in tracks such as Peter Ram’s Quicksand Upgrade, Bout Hey Heavy by Xcel featuring Bounty Killer or his own Piñata. He has also co-producer credits on Lil Rick’s Twerkin Time and the 2014 Party Monarch anthem Meh Rum by Gorg. Hardware Muzyk said he was pleased that the genre now has a formal showcase. In his most recent music video Pop Down Melody featuring Jah Reddis, Trey Breezy, Biggest, Sheriann Norris and Chris RK, all of whom have songs on the track, he was able to weave comedy into the almost four-minute production. The video has already generated over 170 000 views and he said it even got the attention of producer Chris Allman. He said he wrote and produced each of the four songs on the track and said it took about two months to the final product. (SS)

That’s all for today folks. There are 267 days left in the year Shalom! #thechasefiles #dailynewscaps Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram for your daily news. #bajannewscaps #newscapsbystephaniefchase

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