Established October 1895 Tribute to Sir Anthony in this Sunday’s Advocate Friday June 26, 2020 $2 VAT Inclusive UNDERLOCAL dairy farmers are under PRESSUREwhere the problem is. We are charged tremendous pressure at this time, the normal commercial rate and then President of the Barbados Beef and High water bills greatly affect dairy farmers 100 percent on that to cover for the water Dairy Producers Association, Water Resources to see if we could get the same time your milk production is and sewage tax.” Annette Beckett has revealed. some sort of ease,” she said, pointing out down.” Her comments came during the She explained that high water bills “There are farmers whose water bill has “However, it is not only the dairy presentation of Pine Hill Dairy milk to have been extremely taxing on the gone from $2,000 to $4,000 - $5,000. farmers that are suffering like this, the The Hub and Living Water Community, farmers, with some in the industry There are some farmers who are paying vegetable farmers are also hit by the which are both organisations within the paying as much as $10,000 monthly. $10,000. The smaller farmers water bill drought and the water rates...There must Roman Catholic Church committed to “The water bill is extremely went from about $700 to about $1700. be a way that the rate they are charging assisting persons in need. challenging at this time, and we are And these are increases in expenses that agriculturists generally, cannot be the continuing to talk with the Ministry of would not have been budgeted for,and at normal commercial rate and that is PRESSURE on Page 2 President of the Barbados Beef and Dairy Producers Association, Annette Beckett (third from right) presented Administrative Manager of The Hub, Cheryl Fitzpatrick-Payne with the donation from Pine Hill Dairy Milk. Looking on (from left) David King of Living Water Community; James Paul, CEO of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS); Vice-President of the Barbados Beef and Dairy Producers Association, Brian Allan; and Stephen Layne, Board Member of the Barbados Beef and Dairy Producers Association. Project aiming to reduce impact of seaweed virtually launched A SPOTLIGHT is being turned on the past three years, the ultimate goal Project Manager Dr. Anna Karina “This is about taking a mitigating the impacts of the of SargAdapt is to reduce the impacts of Degia said that in order to implement hazard, something with Sargassum Seaweed on the Caribbean and improve adaptation to the project, CERMES has received negative impacts and converting it into region as the SargAdapt project was sargassum influxes in the Eastern grant funding in the amount of just over an asset, something that brings benefits virtually launched yesterday. Caribbean with emphasis on US$980,000 from the Caribbean and in doing that we bring about Designed and conducted by the converting a climate-linked ecosystem Biodiversity Fund Ecosystem based positive change in our environment,” University of the West Indies’ Centre hazard into an asset that supports Adaptation Facility and she stated. for Resource Management and opportunities for socio-economic the International Climate Initiative Environmental Studies (CERMES) over development. (IKI). PROJECT LAUNCH on Page 3 2 • Friday June 26, 2020 The Barbados Advocate Pulling down statues will ‘fill nobody’s bellies’ PULLING down important issues to deal point we are having an the working class people should be removed, saying up with this skin every statues will not fill with. artificial debate. of Barbados so that they it served to “honour white day in this country and anyone’s belly. “I am now at an age and “So let us come to the and their sons and supremacy”. when I go to different Instead, according to stage in life where I am point where we are daughters can be those “And if your countrymen parts of the world I see the Minister of Tourism and not interested in the dealing with the people who are the and women in their reaction that it gets. I see International Transport optics.You could pull down substance. Psychologi- guardians of the overwhelming majority the reactions that it Kerrie Symmonds, focus a thousand statues and it cally,it might make things commanding heights of tell you that a statue sometimes gets right here, must be placed on will fill nobody’s belly.I am better in terms of the this country’s economy,” he erected to serve to honour I don’t need a statue to empowering working class interested in filling optics, it may make people added. white supremacy disturbs remind me that Barbados people. people’s bellies, I am feel there has been an them deeply in their souls, was the site of the great During Tuesday’s interested in making sure achievement. That can be Caddle supports removal why would you want to slave experiment in this session of Parliament, the that people have comfort debated. I am neither for In her contribution a hold on to it? If you are an region. Here was where MP for St. James Central when they sleep at night, nor against quite frankly, few moments later, ally of the equality project they wanted to create the expressed the view that he that their children have but my feeling is that we Minister in the Ministry with respect to race in perfect slave society and was neither for nor satisfaction that they are cannot take our eyes off of Economic Affairs and your country, why would then the perfect post- against the removal of the going to inherit something that ball called substance. Investment Marsha you want to hold on to it? colonial society. There is controversial Lord Nelson in the land of their birth, That substance is how do Caddle however expressed “This notion that it no possibility of forgetting statue as there were more and until we come to that we economically empower her belief that the statue erases history sir – I wake that,” she insisted. (JMB) Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds Association intent on helping most needy PRESSURE from Front expressed appreciation to Page the Association for the generous, timely donation. “We didn’t let our “Our role is to help problems deter us from those who are in need. It helping.We recognise that may mean assisting there is a need out there someone who has lost and we thought that we their job to reorganize and would chip in and help look for another job; it this arm of the Roman may mean assisting Catholic Church,” she told someone to get labels for reporters gathered at the their products; also in this Barbados Agricultural stage of the pandemic Society (BAS) someone has indicated an Headquarters, yesterday. interest in making masks “We understand that we so will help her to source are operating in some very the materials and strange circumstances equipment…There is a now and going forward. wide range in terms of But, the Barbados Beef people that we assist and and Dairy Producers the aim is to make them Association decided that self-sustained.” at this time we will make “Also, with the help of a contribution to an arm the Living Water that is helping to ease Community we distribute some of the pressure and food hampers every other the tension among some week to assist with basic of the persons who are needs. And of course milk most needy.” is very nutritious and we Administrative are very grateful for this Manager at The Hub, specific contribution,” she Cheryl Fitzpatrick-Payne said. (TL) The Barbados Advocate Friday June 26, 2020 • 3 UWI Open Campus donates States tablets to nine secondary schools must ONE HUNDRED adapt to tablets were donated to nine secondary schools as part of the University of the West survive Indies Open Campus PROJECT LAUNCH from Preparing Today Front Page For Tomorrow’s Challenges Pro- Highlighting the five gramme yesterday at countries taking part in the Open Campus in the project – Barbados, the Pine Hill Dominica, Grenada, St. Bridgetown. Lucia and St. Vincent Cognizant that today’s and the Grenadines, she youth while possessing said it took a people- some academic centric ecosystem-based qualifications, lack the adaptation (EbA) as part necessary social of an overall adaptation skills needed to function strategy,through the use in the 21st-century the of biodiversity and “Preparing Today for ecosystem services and Tomorrow’s Challenges – to help people adapt to Transforming Children’s the adverse effects of Lives” programme was climate change. conceptualised in 2015 Noting the Caribbean for the returning fifth region and other small formers at Ellerslie island developing states Secondary School by were disproportionately teacher, Miss Faith Sandra Griffith-Carrington (left), Coordinator of that project and Senator Dr. Romel Springer (centre) affected by climate Richards. handing out the tablets to Coleridge and Parry Principal Sonja Goodridge. change while being the Richards wrote that, least contributors to the “Five years ago, at The island, – including, the phenomenon, she said Ellerslie School, it was Alexandra School, The such states therefore recognised that our final Coleridge and Parry must work to adapt in year fifth form students, School, Frederick Smith order to survive the while possessing some Secondary School, current situation. academic qualification, Grantley Adams Degia said activities of lacked the necessary Memorial, Lester the EbA approach social skills needed to Vaughan School, Princess included collaborative function in the working Margaret Secondary research; combining environment and at the School, St. George scientific information, tertiary level. Moreover, Secondary School, The St. local knowledge and it was recognised that Michael School – with lessons learnt to produce this dearth of more schools good practice guidelines; competences would showing an interest training in standardised undoubtedly affect their annually.