Human Resource Manager Gail Niles gives job-hunting tips to young people.

HOW TO SURVIVE THE JOB HUNT

CWA Launch 15 July 2025 - Dr. Patrick Antoine, CEO, CARICOM Private Sector Organisation

CWA Launch 15 July 2025 2025 - Maximo Torero,  FAO Assistant DG

CWA Launch 15 July 2025 - Dr. Wendell Samuel, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General

CWA Launch 15 July 2025 - The Hon. Samal Duggins Minister of Agriculture, St. Kitts and Nevis

• World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record death toll among fallen colleagues 
• Haiti: more than half of the population don’t have enough to eat – WFP 
• WHO condemns rising attacks on healthcare

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 19 August 2025 - World Humanitarian Day, Haiti, attacks on health care

• UN chief calls for ‘new era of cooperation with Africa’ at Tokyo summit   
• Israeli plan to take full control of Gaza city will lead to further killings and displacement, warns UN human rights office 
• Corporal punishment remains widespread: WHO 

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 20 August 2025 - cooperation with Africa, Gaza update, violence against children

• UN chief calls for ceasefire in Gaza  
• Pakistan suffers deadly flooding
• In Ukraine, war is less stressful than exams, UNICEF says

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 21 August 2025 - Gaza, Pakistan flooding, Ukraine

Catch up on information you might have missed during the week.

This week's programme features:

1.	WorldSkills
2.	Get ready for back-to-school

This week In Case You Missed It Opportunities – (August 20 - 26):
-	Teaching/school vacancies 
-	Rotary Club Scholarship - Apply by September 5 at www.mes.gov.bb
-	Tenders for storage servers and Treasury Bills 

To download a copy of these opportunities, go to https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/download/in-case-you-missed-it-august-20-26-2025/


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | AUGUST 20 - 26 (2025)

- Food security experts confirm famine in Gaza 
- Sudan: UN rights office horrified by recent killings in El Fasher 
- End impunity for violence against Rohingya in Myanmar: OHCHR 

Audio credit: Dianne Penn, UN News
Audio duration: 5'40"

#unitednations

UN News Today 22 August 2025 - Gaza famine, Sudan attacks, Rohingya in Myanmar

- Gaza: UN condemns Israeli strike on hospital
- Eight years on from forced exodus, conditions keep worsening for Rohingya
- Pakistan: Over 20,000 still displaced by deadly flash floods

Audio Credit: Matt Wells
Audio Duration: 3'42"

UN News Today 25 August 2025 –UN condemns strike on Gaza hospital, Rohingya crisis, Pakistan floods

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