{"id":214,"date":"2012-03-22T23:46:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T23:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/eyecarecaribbean\/2012\/03\/22\/caribbean-council-for-the-blind-ccb-congratulates-the-honourable-senator-kerryann-ifill-on-her-appointment-as-president-of-the-senate-in-barbados\/"},"modified":"2012-03-22T23:46:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T23:46:39","slug":"caribbean-council-for-the-blind-ccb-congratulates-the-honourable-senator-kerryann-ifill-on-her-appointment-as-president-of-the-senate-in-barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/latest-news\/caribbean-council-for-the-blind-ccb-congratulates-the-honourable-senator-kerryann-ifill-on-her-appointment-as-president-of-the-senate-in-barbados\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB) congratulates the Honourable Senator Kerryann Ifill on her appointment as President of the Senate in Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (pdf)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, March 20, 2012<\/strong>: The Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB)-Eye Care Caribbean, extends congratulations to the Honourable Senator Kerryann Ifill on her appointment as President of the Senate on Monday, March 19th, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her appointment came on the heels of the resignation of Sir Branford M. Taitt, former President of the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Ifill, ( B.Sc, MBA), 38, who is also the 2nd Vice-President of The Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB), has created history in that she is the first female and also the youngest person to occupy the position of President of the Senate, in Barbados.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/p>\n

Her accomplishment is a sure sign that the “Government and People of Barbados have crossed the Rubicon” in the acceptance of persons with disabilities, as equal and competent members of society.<\/span><\/p>\n

For several years now, Kerryann has provided excellent policy leadership as an Executive Member of CCB.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are confident that she will be exemplary in executing her duties as President of The Upper House in Barbados.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arvel Grant, ( C.SW, B.Sc-SW (Hons) DPA, MPH)<\/span>
Chief Executive Officer, CCB-Eye Care Caribbean<\/span><\/p>\n

PURPOSE<\/span><\/p>\n

“Preventing blindness and visual impairment; while restoring sight and creating opportunities for persons whose sight<\/span>
cannot be restored”.<\/span><\/p>\n

This press release may be downloaded in pdf format here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CCB Press Release – CCB Lauds Appointment of Kerryann Ifill as Speaker of the Senate in Barbados<\/a> <\/embed><\/object> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (pdf) St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, March 20, 2012: The Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB)-Eye Care Caribbean, extends congratulations to the Honourable Senator Kerryann Ifill on her appointment as President of the Senate on Monday, March 19th, 2012. Her appointment came on the heels of the resignation of Sir Branford M. Taitt, former President of the Senate. Ms. Ifill, ( B.Sc, MBA), 38, who is also the 2nd Vice-President of The Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB), has created history in that she is the first female and also the youngest person to occupy the position …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}