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Established October 1895 Confident of growth Page 6 Saturday February 8, 2020 $1 VAT Inclusive MAKING POLICING ATTRACTIVEBy Cara L. Jean-Baptiste opening ceremony of the new more than just the naturalKEY ebb women and I believe that that is Hastings/Worthing Police and flow of people coming in and beginning to bear some fruit.” THERE is a manpower Station that took place people retiring. For some reason “Our last class of individuals crisis in the Royal Barbados yesterday. policing seems to not have the who graduated from the Police Force (RBPF) and He revealed that the RBPF charm and appeal that it did training school, I think the Attorney General, Dale needed to have a compliment of years ago,” he said. number of people were 18, the Marshall believes that it is 1 528 officers, however, they “I compliment members of the current class has about 30 and time to find ways to make were currently 261 officers Force for their recent efforts, the even though we continue to policing more attractive to short. Prime Minister and I charged recruit, people continue to retire young people. “The point is that we have to them with developing a new on a regular basis.” Attorney General, Dale Marshall’s comments came as accept that we have manpower programme to make policing Marshall, speaking he delivered remarks during the challenges in the Force and it is appealing to young men and RBPF on Page 3 yesterday afternoon. Several Government ministers were in attendance for the opening of the new Hastings/Worthing police station. BDF’s duty to help curb indiscipline, deviance amongst youth THE BARBADOS Defence Force lines of the “Get Hired” for the BDF. of the problems that we do” some of the deviance in society” (BDF) sees its role as one where Uniformed Services “The way the Force sees itself, Francis-Thornhill indicated. he added. it has a moral duty to help Employability Workshop, which is not only in the capacity of being “(Therefore), you would find “So this (workshop) is merely eliminate some of the indiscipline was held yesterday by the there after there’s an issue.For that we have a significant another step in what we are and deviance being displayed Ministry of Youth and instance, most persons would see investment in the Barbados doing to further assist the amongst Barbadian youth. Community Empowerment in us on the frontline, assisting the Cadet Corp and also the country generally,to not have the Barbados Defence Force collaboration with the Prince’s Royal Barbados Police Force in Barbados Youth Service and the kind of social ills that we have at (BDF) Sub-Lieutenant Cayle Trust International, in the Sky carrying out searches etc., but we other youth groups that are present” Francis-Thornhill Francis-Thornhill pointed out Mall Conference Room. The have a moral duty to try our best presently involved in trying their maintained. the above as he spoke with focus was placed on youth who to alleviate some of the issues, so best to bring the youth to a better members of the media on the side had an interest in joining the we do not have to encounter some stage,a higher level, to eliminate YOUTH on Page 4 2 • Saturday February 8, 2020 The Barbados Advocate Logos book fair a hit STUDENTS of several Media Relations Officer during their recent visit primary schools for the vessel, Nicolas to Trinidad, the ship did earlier this week were Suarez, could not give an quite well. beaming with joy as accurate number for the “We sold a lot of books they took time out to amount of schools that in Trinidad; most of the visit and explore the paid a visit so far to the educational books had to Logos Hope book fair. Logos Hope since it’s been be restocked daily The Logos Hope, better docked here, but did because of the amount of known as the ‘book ship’ confirm that the ship was purchases being made by to many Barbadians, is seeing a steady influx of visitors. So we can say so currently docked in the pupils. far we have been doing Bridgetown Port, as part “Yes, every day we have well,” he added. of its current tour of seen a good amount of The just over 400- several Caribbean people visiting. Mostly member crew of the ship islands. The ship is schools yes, but locals has taken part in several currently the largest have been coming in to relief and aid missions floating book fair of its see what new books we around the world, with kind anywhere in the have. So far it’s been a their core mission being world, and plays host to good turn out,” he said. to share knowledge and thousands of books from When asked about the aid to all countries they several genres. level of sales the crew has visit. When visited during been receiving in terms of It was the intention of the morning period, books being bought, he the crew to stay on the students from various admitted that they would island until February 6, schools around the island know the true figures at with their next stop being were seen boarding the the end of the visit, but Jamaica. (SB) large vessel, as well some curious locals who were interested in seeing the These young pupils of the Bay Primary School were excited to dive into books the ship had to some new books. offer. Performance system needed GOVERNMENT, cogni- sometimes reluctant to sant of the lack of a tell persons when they comprehensive perfor- are underperforming, or mance management if they are told, the system to assess public response is usually a sector workers, is looking feeling of not being liked. to put such a system in “But it has nothing at place. all to do with not liking That’s according to the person, but you didn’t Prime Minister Mia do your job in the way Amor Mottley, she was you were supposed to do speaking earlier this it. So let’s wheel and week during the come again and get it Barbados Chamber of right,” she stated. Commerce and PM Mottley’s remarks Industry’s luncheon at came as she said that the the Hilton Hotel. rigid way in which the Responding to a concern public service is raised by a member of currently run, is having the audience about the an impact on use of the last in first out productivity. (LIFO) policy when it “If you mother has to retrenched workers last go to the hospital you year, Mottley explained either take a sick day or that the absence of such a a vacation day in order to proper performance be able to do it, that’s management system antiquated... the Social meant that Government Partnership has been had no choice but to working to allow us to agree with the unions on put new rules in place the LIFO. that would allow us to be “We are working able to introduce a assiduously to put in system of lieu days up to performance evaluation seven days,” she said. and we are working Mottley added, “We’re assiduously to be able to trying to put under the change our relationship National Training with public servants,” she Initiative, significant said. sums now into being able In that vein, she said if to retrain everybody.I am ever such a retrenchment not an HR expert so here exercise has to be is how I explain it – what undertaken again, they does excellence look like? can base it on Define it. Train to it, performance and merit in certify to it if you can and a transparent and fair monitor the habit of way.Her comments came excellence and we are as she acknowledged that trying to do that across given the smallness of the public and private our society, managers are sector”. (JRT) The Barbados Advocate Saturday February 8, 2020 • 3 New police station opens Gov’t signs By Cara L. Jean-Baptiste in 2016, and from the onset let me say that the RBPF and other agencies will that it was a labour of love, but recently continue to be on location and serve the AFTER nearly four years of it became a labour. It has taken us a lot needs of Barbadians.” two more construction, the new to get to where we are at today,it has also In addition to that, he stated that the Hastings/Worthing Police Station cost us a lot. This station has cost us just Six Roads police station was also back on officially opened its doors yesterday. over $14 million dollars, but the the cards. loan deals Speaking during the opening ceremony investment I believe will be well worth it,” The Attorney General noted that THE Government of Barbados has just that took place yesterday evening, he said. Government was not only providing the signed two more loan deals meant to Attorney General, Dale Marshall “It is a little well known fact that as we police with new buildings, as he stressed help Barbados’ economy grow. revealed that the new station and the prepare for hurricane season, one of the that it was important to the current This was revealed by Prime Minister amalgamation of the the Hastings and things we have to think about is how to administration that the members of the Mia Amor Mottley,as she spoke during Worthing stations have been on the cards accommodate the police. You would not Force enjoyed better terms and conditions the opening ceremony of the Annual for a while.