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Established October 1895 Joe Edghill remembered PAGE 5 Wednesday May 5, 2021 $1 VAT Inclusive B’s Recycling given 21 days to PUT ON NOTICE clean up facility By Cara L. Jean-Baptiste recent press conference. recyclable material in excess of full capacity. of Emergency Management, The Minister highlighted 70 feet high with little or no In an effort to combat this the Sanitation Services B’S RECYCLING has been that the Barbados Fire Service breaks. hazard, Abrahams stated that Authority, the Barbados Fire given 21 days to clear up the would have conducted an He added that an updated he met with the Attorney Service and PAHO on April 23, four acres of land. inspection of the facility inspection and report on General, the Minister of the 2021 and a plan of action was This was revealed by following a fire that occurred February 26, 2021 indicated Environment, officials from the devised and immediately put Minister of Home Affairs, August 2019 and the report at that the situation had Ministry of Wellness, the into action. Information and Public Affairs, the time indicated that there worsened significantly as the Environmental Protection Wilfred Abrahams, during a was a large amount of unsorted four acres of space was now at Department, the Department B’S RECYCLING on Page 2 DLP President assists water-starved St. Lucy districts PRESIDENT of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Verla De Peiza, reached out to residents in water-starved districts across St. Lucy on Monday. The Attorney-at-Law and DLP Candidate for the northern parish in the next general election and her team visited households in Chance Hall, Pie Corner, Rock Hall, and Josey Hill to deliver supplies of much-needed water. De Peiza focused her attention on households hit hardest by the continuous outages, as she recognised that some persons had invested in water tanks. “I think for most people the frustration is not getting water through their taps. We in the Democratic Labour Party can’t do anything about that except agitate on their part, but what we can do in some small measure is relieve the suffering by bringing water to them – drinking water and water which can be used for other household purposes as well. The intention is to relieve some of the suffering in the areas that are worst hit.” De Peiza said that water problems in St. Lucy have been ongoing for far too long, and solutions are needed in the very near future. She therefore reiterated the DLP’s call to Government to invest in desalination plants. “I know under the last administration there was a President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and Candidate for St. Lucy, Verla De Peiza (centre), interacting with these young desal plant put at Hope, which ones during her team’s visit to households in Chance Hall, Pie Corner, Rock Hall, and Josey Hill to deliver supplies of much-needed has been decommissioned for water yesterday. a little while now and needs to come back on stream – that will which is the saltwater. Use the been busy throughout the “brownish” in colour. empty, or if they missed the assist… But we need to have desal plant, get water flowing constituency, admits that there De Peiza further lamented, water tanker when it passed more desal plants in Barbados, through taps because I think is a lot that has to be done. “People from St. Lucy are not a because they were at work. we are surrounded by water that it is really critical, not However, she declared that the boisterous people, so you are They speak to you of having and if it is that we have reached just in terms of drinking and most pressing issue is to get not going to see them acting to take their white clothes in the point where our ground- washing your clothes, but safe drinking water flowing out, but they speak to you of particular by relatives who live water no longer meets our flushing a toilet. Basic hygiene from taps on a consistent basis, their frustrations where they elsewhere to get them washed – demand, then we need to be requires water,” she stressed. as some residents indicated have to go by relatives to fetch all of these are inconveniences looking at our next best source The DLP President, who has that if they do get water, it is water when the tanks are in a 21st-century environment.” 2 • Wednesday May 5, 2021 The Barbados Advocate B’s not accepting metal at this time By Cara L. Jean- to Paul Bynoe, Manager like during this time. there’s literally one large to reduce the impact of Minister highlighted that Baptiste of B’s Recycling plant to The Minister explained four-acre heap on the site. incident of fire and loca- 265 cars were being con- not accept any more that this stance was In addition, there’s liter- tion. tainerised by Bynoe for MEMBERS of the pub- metal at their site. taken due to the fact that ally no room at the facil- “To date, we have shipment. lic are being asked to “We’re soliciting the the material at the plant ity to receive any more moved about 248 truck- He assured that the withhold taking metal public’s assistance in this was unsorted and in- materials, yet the opera- loads or 554 metric tons Ministry of Health and to B’s Recycling Plant regard. This operation cluded all types of com- tions are continuing up to of material from the site environmental health during the 21 days of is expected to continue bustibles, including hy- a week ago,” he said. to the Sanitation Service officers have been moni- clean up. until the site has been drocarbon materials, “The actual mitigation Authority metal dump in toring the situation for During a recent press deemed safe with the which were being stored work at these recycling Bagatelle, St. Thomas.” vermin and pests in the conference, Minister Chief Fire Officer,” he together and there was facilities started on April Additionally, the area. of Home Affairs, said. no separation in the 26, 2021, with the objec- Information and Public He assured that B’s heaps that would provide tive of reducing the high Affairs, Wilfred base of operations will access in the case of a levels of the piles and re- Abrahams, revealed that continue to collect plas- fire. moving the combustible Team of workers instructions were given tics, cardboard and the “So it appears as if materials to make it safe helping to clear the site, says Abrahams B’S RECYCLING from and containerised by Mr. Page 1 Paul Bynoe to be shipped overseas. He highlighted that the “This relocation reme- Chief Fire Officer was of diation exercise is being the view that if the situa- managed quite capably tion was not immediately by Ms. Leona Deane of rectified, then a fire or in- the SSA and they are cident happening at that working with the Chief location could result in an Fire Officer to bring the environmental disaster. situation under control.” “Currently, a team of Based on a notice workers, including the served to the recycling fa- Barbados Fire Service, cility under the Health members of the Service Nuisances Sanitation Service Regulation, Abrahams Authority and members outlined that the clean- of private enterprise, are ing up of the facility was working on site in con- to be completed within 21 junction with Mr. Paul days from the start date Bynoe, the manager of of April 26, 2021. If not the company, to mitigate completed, the Minister the situation,” he said. of Health may take pos- “The waste material is session of the premises being transported to the for the purpose of carry- metal dump at Bagatelle ing out the work. where it could be more However, the Minister appropriately accommo- was quick to note that dated. And in keeping this course of action may with public safety re- not be necessary as quirements, discarded ve- Bynoe was being co-oper- hicles are being crushed ative. BWA to make new connections at Long Bay, St. Philip THE Barbados Water may suffer low pressure Authority wishes to in- or a water outage during form the public that it this time. will be connecting new Customers are asked to mains at Long Bay in St. store an adequate supply Philip between 10 a.m. of water to help during and 6 p.m. on Friday, this period. May 7. Water tankers will also As a result, residents be dispatched to assist. and businesses located in The Barbados Water Seaview, Harry Smith, Authority apologises for Well House, Inch Cape, any inconvenience this Bottom Bay, Apple Hall, scheduled service disrup- Casuarina Drive, Long tion on Friday, May 7, at Bay Development and Long Bay, St. Philip may the surrounding districts cause. The Barbados Advocate Wednesday May 5, 2021 • 3 DLP calls for clarity on new gov’t department THE Democratic Labour Prime Minister to explain in the past and that it was sur- Permanent Secretaries and Minister need to explain to the Party has issued a call for the situation to prising to hear of the estab- Heads of Department are now people of Barbados; 1. The clarity and answers as it Barbadians. lishment of the new entity. directed to the Head of the need for this new Department, relates to the recently es- The statement, which With the release going on to Department of Public Affairs, which does the same job as tablished Department of is titled “Ministry of state that the new department De Peiza has asked that the GIS; 2.