Established October 1895 Wellness Clinics of benefit to Barbadians in need of intervention Page 4 Thursday February 25, 2021 $1 VAT Inclusive Local entrepreneur suggests inland VISION FOR sea egg initiative SEA EGG FARMING A LOCAL entrepreneur be- Barbados yesterday where he quantity of sea egg roe in their could take place. As it relates to aquaponics, lieves that with the right re- shared his thoughts on possession during the closed “But hopefully we can get into Hinkson said there are still a lot search and development in aquaponics and aquaculture. season, without obtaining writ- sea egg farming... as it is a Bajan of people who do not fully under- place, sea egg farming could Just yesterday two men ap- ten permission of the Chief delicacy that could be lost if we stand the mechanics of fish be brought inland. peared in court facing charges Fisheries Officer. don't manage the harvesting of farming, particularly as it re- Damian Hinkson of the for poaching sea eggs during the At present there is a sea egg our sea eggs. But it's something lates to the growing of plants. Baird’s Village Aquaponic closed season. They pleaded ban in place in Barbados to pre- that could be done inland with “But using manure from the fish Association was a member of a guilty to contravening serve the sea egg population. the correct research and devel- farming to grow plants, ...you're panel on radio programme Let’s Regulation 9 clause (a) of the Hinkson acknowledged that opment. So that's probably the growing fish and plants to- Talk About it discussing the fu- Fisheries (Management) there are some legal considera- next step, or the next direction I gether.” ture of Blue Economy in Regulations, 1998 and having a tions before sea egg farming am looking into going.” SEE EGG on Page 2 Rubis gives a hand to PSVs AS things continue to be test- ing for local operators of public service vehicles, one petroleum distributor has stepped up once again to lend a helping hand. After fostering a similar ini- tiative last year under the ef- fects of the COVID-19 pan- demic, Rubis has reached out to the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) with vouch- ers for fuel to assist members. Yesterday the AOPT began the disbursement of $2 000 worth of vouchers to some of their members at Rubis Fontabelle with taxi driver Sinclair Bynoe and van driver Winston Lowe being the first to receive theirs. Speaking to members of the media after the presentation, AOPT Marketing and Communications Officer Mark Haynes expressed gratitude to Rubis, stating that his organisa- tion was pleased that the com- pany was cooperative and sensi- tive at a time like this when many were feeling the strain of the pandemic.“We present these vouchers to our members, some Left to right: Taxi driver Sinclair Bynoe and van driver Winston Lowe were first to receive their vouchers as Supervisor PSV on Page 3 Shenika Clarke of Rubis made the presentation yesterday. 2 • Thursday February 25, 2021 The Barbados Advocate Man gets in hot water for not wearing mask AN unemployed man (No.4) Directive, 2021 by Directive No. 4, which is went to the accused’s res- appeared in court on failing to wear a mask in for the period February idence they realised a Wednesday facing a public place to wit 18th to 28th, by leaving connector was attached three charges, one of Glendairy Gap, Station his residence when not before the water meter which was failing to Hill, St. Michael. authorised to do so. He and a hose leading to the wear a mask in a pub- Aurelien was not ac- pleaded guilty to this and residence of the accused. lic place. companied by an attor- was reprimanded and The BWA was summoned Fifty-year-old Douglas ney. He told the court he discharged. and they gave informa- Aurelien of Station Hill, thought wearing a mask On that day, the police tion that the service was St. Michael went before was only a must if in the noticed the illegal water disconnected in 2009. Magistrate Elwood Watts company of others. He connection and called in Aurelien told the court, in the District “C” was fined $250 to be paid the Barbados Water he connected the hose to Magistrates’ Court. on or before March 2nd, Authority (BWA). He get water. He pleaded guilty that 2021 or 30 days in gave a guilty plea for the Magistrate Watts said on February 23rd, he con- prison. charge dishonestly using a fined $300 to be paid on travened Paragraph (14) Aurelien additionally water without due au- or before March 2nd, Clause (a) of the was charged on February thority from the BWA. 2021 or 14 days in prison Emergency Management 23rd with contravening The Prosecutor read would be given for this Douglas Aurelien exiting the court. (COVID-19) (Curfew) COVID-19 Curfew that when the police charge.(MG) Magistrate gives ‘one punishment’ for charges A 45-year-old man on and Control) Act Chapter He was also charged on groceries, which were left Wednesday found himself 131. the same day with contra- for her. before the law court for Additionally, he was vening Paragraph (4) Sub- Magistrate Watts, who having in his possession a charged on the same day paragraph (1) of the told Jordan that he should trafficable quantity of with having in his posses- Emergency Management have done what his cannabis and breaching sion a controlled drug to (COVID) (Curfew) (No. 4) mother told him to do, said the COVID-19 Directive. wit cannabis, which was Directive 2021 by leaving he would give him one Orlando Ricardo Jordan intended by him or some his residence when not au- punishment for the of Bush Hall, St. Michael, other person for supply in thorised to do so. charges. The court fined who is unemployed, ap- contravention of section Jordan pleaded guilty to Jordan $400 forthwith or peared before Magistrate (5) (1) of the Drug Abuse all the charges. He apolo- 30 days in jail for having Elwood Watts in the Prevention and Control gised to the court for hav- in possession a trafficable District “C” Magistrates’ Act Chapter 131. He was ing the 31 grams of quantity of cannabis.This Court. further charged on the cannabis, which has a fine was paid. Jordan, on February same day with unlawfully street value of $165, ac- He was also fined $1 500 23rd, was charged having having in his possession a cording to the police. He to be paid by Monday, in his possession a traffi- controlled drug to wit also apologised for break- March 1st or three months cable quantity of a con- cannabis in contravention ing the Directive and in prison for breaching the trolled drug to wit of Section 6 subsection (1) being out on the road. He curfew. On the other two cannabis, which contra- of the Drug Abuse explained that he left drug charges, he was con- venes Section 18 (2) of the (Prevention and Control) home because he was sent victed, reprimanded and Drug Abuse (Prevention Act Chapter 131. out by his mother to collect discharged. (MG) Orlando Jordan as he leave court. Homeowners told: Try Freshwater farming Vaccine technology not new SEE EGG from Page 1 because people tend to In terms of the scale be- think the Blue Economy is By Cara L. Jean-Baptiste had begun since 2003 have been no use invest- COVID-19 as a global tween freshwater and salt- only the sea, but what we during the first SARS ing billions into the vac- pandemic is what made it water farming, he ex- do on the land actually af- SOME persons are con- outbreak. cine at that time,” she ripe for the implementa- plained that sea fish are fects the sea and vice cerned by the swiftness at She explained that they said. tion of that technology very big. “So they need a versa.” which the current Oxford would have worked in the “So when it was under- that had been developing lot of room. Big open sea “So if we could get more Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 lab to develop this vaccine stood that it was now a for years. cages to grow sea fish. So people going into the re- vaccine was created but and technology during global pandemic and the She went on to speak the average Barbadian search on development of medical practitioners this time but before they estimates early in about equity and believed homeowner wouldn't be fish farming and so on, it maintain that this vac- could reach the first February showed that it was important to en- able to get into fish farm- would transfer most defi- cine technology is not stage of testing the vac- this was going to go on for sure that the people who ing of sea fish. However, nitely to the wider sea- new. cine, the virus had killed a long time, then the sci- needed the vaccine the freshwater fish is a differ- type farming. I personally In fact, during an inter- itself out around the entists got to work be- most were first in line to ent kettle of fish, so to don't do large scale salt- view with The Barbados world. cause they could test and get the vaccine. speak. water farming, we’re just Advocate, Dr. Michelle “So there were no peo- follow through with mak- It was her view the “So we want to encour- into aquarium type fish.