The Simpson-Whyte family has moved from a shelter into a rebuilt home in Seaford Town, Westmoreland, under an Angostura and Seprod Foundation hurricane recovery partnership.

Mansfield councillors have unanimously backed plans to demolish Chesterfield Road South Methodist Church and replace it with a smaller church and a block of 12 supported-living apartments for disabled people.

The New Testament Church of God in Barbados is converting its Fairchild Street headquarters into a community refuge centre, estimating about $500,000 in infrastructure costs and applying for a matching grant from a government fund for faith-based organisations.

The Government says construction of bases and assembly of modular homes for Hurricane Melissa victims has begun, with about 1,500 units in the island and 1,000 more due.

Phase one of the Western Water Resilience Improvement Project has begun on the Elegant Corridor in St James, bringing lane closures and a timeline stretching to 2028.

The Government plans to spend US$200 million through NaRRA replacing ageing sewer lines in Kingston and St Andrew, while preparing to divest the overstretched Soapberry treatment plant.