Unemployment rates high among Caribbean youth
There is growing concern about the high rate of youth unemployment in the Caribbean region. This was the topic discussed at the opening ceremony of the 6th Caribbean Youth Leaders’...
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Government helping young Bajans get job experience, stipend, skills
- by Daveny Ellis Around 60 young people, between ages 16 and 24, stand to benefit from training being provided by the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations this week. The Ministry...
WATCH: BIBA giving secondary school students more options, careerwise
Out of the approximately 30 secondary schools on island, students from 20 institutions turned up for the 10th Anniversary International Business Week Schools Symposium, hosted by the Barbados Internat...
DLP taking the youth with them, pledges Youth Minister
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is set on making Barbados work but with realistic policies. Last night during their manifesto launch in the Oistins car park, in Christ Church, Minister of Sports,...
Crime, youth unemployment impediments to regional growth - IMF
Jamaica has been listed alongside the Bahamas and Barbados as Caribbean countries where youth unemployment rates are nearly three times that of those aged 30 and over. This phenomenon along with a ...
Make 'fresh cash' in 2018 with these two skills
The Community Development Department is seeking to help citizens learn new skills and make 'fresh cash' independently this year. Persons are invited to register for the Community Development D...
Excellence is by design not accident, says Kathie Daniel
‘I don’t check emails!’ Those four words, said with no care by entrepreneurs and small business owners in Barbados, make entrepreneur Kathie Daniel cringe. They annoy her greatly because she f...
Ministry not horsing around with youth unemployment
Participants in the new Jockey Training Project will be afforded numerous employment opportunities and will graduate certified, skilled and fully prepared to enter the modern world of work. The Min...