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Established October 1895 NCSA clients benefit from care packages Page 5 Saturday May 1, 2021 $1 VAT Inclusive A WELCOMED BOOST A REPUTABLE leader Barbados. in real estate in Real estate sector sees growth following welcome stamp initiative As it relates to rental Barbados, Terra budgets, she further dis- Caribbean, has wel- what was happening glob- Prime Minister Mia Amor “There are people that de- market where we were closed that there is a high comed the 12-month ally, we had a very strong Mottley, with the intro- cided that they wanted to missing our visitors.” demand in the range of Welcome Stamp initia- year for real estate”. She duction of the Barbados buy here after being here The real estate execu- US$2,500 to $5,000, fol- tive, reporting a sub- reported that while trans- Welcome Stamp we had a for a very short period of tive also shared that lowed by US$1,250 to stantial increase in action numbers were substantial increase in time. And then also the Terra Caribbean sur- $2,500, as well as high- property rentals. down 13 per cent, revenue rentals.” spin off from that was veyed a number of the end US$10,000 to Word of this came from was up 14 per cent. In fact, she noted that there was a very big in- welcome stampers in $40,000. Sales Manager and “And it looks like this coming out of the initia- crease in mid-term order to better under- “Coming out of COVID Leader of Brokerage at may have been one of our tive launched July last rentals, because there stand the overall experi- a lot of people chose to Terra Caribbean/Terra best years to date, sur- year, which provides re- were people that were try- ence acquiring the visa, choose houses instead of Luxury, Rachel prisingly,” she expressed. mote workers with an op- ing to see if they wanted and Barbados’ sustain- apartments or town- McCartney. McCartney said it was a portunity to transport to take up the Welcome ability as a remote work- houses just for a bit more Contributing to the very interesting year for their “home office” to this Stamp and would come to ing destination. She space, and then also when Invest Barbados-spon- rentals, “We very quickly island by relocating for up the island for a three- thereby highlighted that you look at what proper- sored webinar “Barbados: caught on to the fact that to a year, has seen persons month period. So, there from the survey an as- ties rent for there is a lot A Gem for the Discerning we needed to do some- opting to purchase prop- was definitely an increase tounding 76 per cent of more bang for your buck Investor”, she said “If we thing to stimulate our erties. in demand there, which the respondents were in Barbados,” McCartney look back at 2020, despite economy, and led by She informed the panel, helped our holiday rental first-time visitors to added. More school monitors added to assist with COVID-19 protocols THIRTY new school mon- very well”. itors have been added to “We had a very good assist with ensuring turnout of the monitors pupils follow the COVID- and we were able to talk 19 health and safety pro- to some of the new ones tocols while on school who came on and we have premises. about 28 to 30 new ones. School monitors will be We are assigning addi- present at educational in- tional monitors at the stitutions from next nursery schools and we Monday when face-to-face are topping up at other classes resume for some schools. So that we have students. at least two monitors at On Friday,the Ministry each of the nursery of Education, schools because we know Technological and they need the extra help.” Vocational Training held She said the total num- a meeting with all school ber of school monitors monitors, who have been now stands at “over 200” assigned to public pri- individuals. Adamson ad- mary schools. This rough ditionally stated the two-hour session was Education Ministry will held at the Wildey be “making sure that they Gymnasium. have the National Speaking briefly to the Insurance, we are paying media following this their National Insurance, meeting, Acting Chief but they will get their reg- Education Officer, Joy ular stipend of the $340”. Persons exiting the Wildey Gymnasium after the Education Ministry’s meetings with school monitors Adamson stated it “went MONITORS o n Page 4 on Friday. 2 • Saturday May 1, 2021 The Barbados Advocate Effects of COVID-19 pandemic Byer-Suckoo honoured felt on university students for work in Labour THE COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many of the academic plans of students DESPITE this year’s May Day miss- lustrated how a Barbadian worker’s dis- at the University of the West Indies and ing the usual fanfare of the Labour missal by an employer could not be con- upended an important part of their lives, Day Parade due to the current cli- clusively deemed as unfair under the law but the UWI is not prepared to let any of mate, the Democratic League of because there was no legislation in which them fall through the cracks. Women of the Democratic Labour the rights of a worker were enshrined.“A Chair of the University Council, UWI Party are making some noise of their wrongful dismissal was decided based Chancellor Robert Bermudez acknowl- own as they take the opportunity to on custom and practice, a common law edged the above, as he presided over honour the work of Dr. Esther Byer- accommodation that evolved in the ab- Friday’s Virtual Meeting of the Suckoo. Mindful of the historic sence of employment legislation on our University Council where he also deliv- struggles and gains of workers statute books. This all changed with the ered opening remarks, before members of throughout the years across all sec- proclamation of the Employment Rights the Council heard from UWI Vice- tors the group acknowledged the ‘in- Act. Before the Employment Rights Act, Chancellor,Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, valuable historic contribution’ made the common law gave disproportionate who delivered a detailed report on the by the first ever Minister of Labour favour to the employer, with the worker 2019/2020 academic year in review. in Barbados. being seen as easily disposable.The ERA, Bermudez remarked,“It is appropriate Serving from 2009 to 2018, Byer- however, brought balance to the em- that we should reflect on our students.” Suckoo is credited with creating a legacy ployer-worker relationship by acknowl- “They entered the UWI with certain as defender of workers’ rights and an ad- edging the employment contract existing expectations, only to face structural UWI Chancellor Robert Bermudez. vocate of safe, healthy,tolerant and sup- between the parties, the rights conferred changes as to how their education was to portive work environments. “During her on workers and the duties imposed on be delivered. It is important that we ap- tributing to the effort. tenure as Minister of Labour,she piloted employers.This signal piece of legislation preciate how stressful and disturbing “This move to online teaching is a progressive labour legislation, including made the contract between the employer this has been, for many of them. It is im- structural change that is taking place a new Holidays with Pay Act (2017), The and the worker enforceable before a portant that we are empathetic to their throughout the world, that certainly in- Employment Sexual Harassment Tribunal established for that purpose needs. Their future is important to us dicates that we are in a period of serious (Prevention) Act (2017) and the and, ultimately, enforceable in a court of and none of them must be allowed to fall change and development and we will Employment Rights Act (2012), a statute law. It gives workers certain legal rights through the cracks,” the UWI’s have to work continuously to ensure we that was promised since the 1970’s. which previously did not exist,” the cor- Chancellor stated. provide a satisfactory experience for our Under her ministerial leadership, the respondence read. He meanwhile noted that the conver- students and that we have a good output Employment Rights Tribunal was also Finishing up by expressing gratitude to sion to the online platform for teaching for our efforts” Bermudez further com- established,” a release made available to Byer-Suckoo for her contribution and and learning and distance learning in mented, in giving his brief review of op- the media stated. commitment to social justice for all particular, has been one of the univer- erations at the UWI to date, to make life Going on to note that she was instru- Barbadian workers, the statement stated sity’s successes and everyone at the uni- easier for students amidst the pandemic. mental in the proclamation of the that the lives of workers were forever versity must be congratulated for con- (RSM) Employment Rights Act, the release il- changed for the better. The Barbados Advocate Saturday May 1, 2021 • 3 Time to re-strategise and Campaign refocus, says business executive needed to A LOCAL business executive “The power of pause is a beautiful thing strongly suggests that now is the because it empowers us to see how much stop suicides time to re-strategise and refocus for we have already accomplished through the future. faith, determination, collaboration, and a A SUGGESTION has been made that Director of Cave Shepherd Card willingness to take action. We are at a government should launch a campaign Services,Alison Browne-Ellis offered this crossroads, but we must keep building aimed at better informing citizens of the advice to members of Soroptimist the resilience needed to keep moving – avenues through which they can seek International (SI) of Jamestown.