Leanda Hurdle, Nutrition Officer at the National Nutrition Centre, inspires us to “put a little love in our heart” by making healthier choices and paying closer attention to what we eat.



MATTERS OF THE HEART

Regina Asariotis Chief of UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch, explains how global shipping disruptions are driving up costs — and why vulnerable economies are hit hardest.

Audio credit: UN News
Photo credit: Unsplash/Maksym Kaharlytskyi

CLIP - 'Global shipping disruptions are driving up costs', UNCTAD explains

In Part 3 of our series, Minister of Labour and the Third Sector, Colin Jordan, explains the Government’s new policy introducing paternity leave and other measures designed to better support fathers.

FAMILY MATTER | SUPPORTING DAD | PART 3

In the margins of the General Assembly’s high-level week, UN agencies and partners have come together to highlight the plight of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza.

According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), over 19,000 youngsters have been killed in Gaza over the past two years – an average of 28 children killed every day – the equivalent of an entire classroom. Another 42,000 children have been injured.    

Speaking to UN News’s Khaled Mohamed UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban emphasized that the international call to action aims to uphold child rights and help them envision a viable future.

Audio credit: Khaled Mohamed, UN News


‘Turn words into action’, UNICEF calls for rights of Palestinian children to be upheld


This programme takes a closer look at the Job Register, exploring what it is, the benefits it offers, and data security. This Insider’s Report features insights from Minister of Labour and the Third Sector Colin Jordan, Minister of Information Wilfred Abrahams, and Senior Minister Dr William Duguid.


INSIDER'S REPORT | THE BARBADOS JOB REGISTER - WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU!

Catch up on information you might have missed during the week.
This week's programme features:

1.	Seniors' month
2.	Genetics and health
3.	Jus ah Conversation podcast | Wills
4.	Ministry of Energy and Business smartfund incentive (smartfund@barbados.gov.bb) 

This Week’s In Case You Missed It Opportunities – September 24 - 30:
-	Teaching/school vacancies 

To download a copy of these opportunities, go to https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/download/in-case-you-missed-it-september-24-30-2025/


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SEPTEMBER 24 - 30 (2025)

Since the UN was created eight decades ago in the wake of a catastrophic World War, real progress has been made on freedom and equality and justice.

But that's not much comfort to those living in conflict zones today worldwide, where accountability is scarce and impunity is rife.

UN News’s Conor Lennon caught up with the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday who’s in New York for high-level week and began by asking him what can really be done to rein in the abusers, beyond naming and shaming them.

Audio: UN News/ Conor Lennon
Photo: OHCHR/ Louise Wateridge

UN rights chief at UNGA80: Keeping the faith during ‘very challenging times’

• Gaza City suffering escalates as Israeli strikes inflict more heavy casualties
• Global shipping entering uncertain waters, says UNCTAD
• World’s food security goals are way off track, says FAO

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 25 September 2025 - Gaza update, global shipping, food security

Four hospitals in north Gaza and Gaza governorate have been forced to shut down since 1 September, leaving just 14 facilities still functioning across the Strip. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that dozens more are affected by evacuation orders, lack of access and nearby violence that has forced them out of service.

Speaking to journalists in Geneva, WHO’s spokesperson Tarik Jašarević said on Friday that “more violence only means more injured people, more casualties.”

Hospitals already face crippling shortages of medicines, supplies and safe access for health workers and patients, compounded by repeated displacements. Over 15,000 people urgently need medical evacuation, yet transfers are moving “very, very slowly,” the UN health agency insisted.

WHO reiterated its appeal for an immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access, stressing that only then can medical supplies, emergency teams and other life-saving support reach what is left of Gaza’s shattered health system.

Picture Credit: WHO


CLIP – Only 14 hospitals left functioning in Gaza as violence escalates: WHO

• WHO says four more Gaza City hospitals shut amid Israeli offensive
• Sudan: Khartoum returnees shelter crisis, warns IOM
• Ukraine: WFP food boxes provide lifeline for frontline communities 

Audio Credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 26 September 2025 - Gaza update, Sudan, Ukraine

There was a wealth of stories to follow at high-level week of the UN General Assembly, from the conference on the Israel-Palestine two-State solution, to the ambitious pledges made at the Climate Summit, and the launch of two bodies aimed at finally creating truly inclusive international AI governance.

But one theme that shone through was the importance of multilateralism and the work of the United Nations.

Conor Lennon and Laura Quinones from UN News break it all down in this special episode of The Lid Is On.

Audio: Conor Lennon, UN News
Music: Joachim Harris (all rights reserved)
Photo: UN Photo/Loey Felipe

UNGA80: Eight decades on, we need the UN more than ever

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