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Kellman: NUPW march a power play
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) march planned for tomorrow is nothing more than a “showpiece” and a power play by a union leader who wants to impress members. Minister of Housing and Lands...
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Pay request
About half of the National Conservation Commission (NCC) workers who were sent home in April last year could soon get the severance they have been asking for. Management of the NCC has forwarded a...
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GROTTO SALE?
The National Housing Corporation’s (NHC) new high-rise apartments at The Grotto which were to be rented out to low-income earners could go on the market for as much as $450,000 each if Minister of...
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Transport partnership
Route taxis and mini buses could soon be operating from the Fairchild Street Bus Terminal – at least on an experimental basis. The leaders of the Association of Public Transport Operators Inc (APTO)...
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First centenarian for 2015
She laughed, joked and read her birthday card while basking in the company of Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave, her friends and family. This characterized the 100th birthday of Barbados’ first...
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Symmonds mum on removal
St James Central MP Kerrie Symmonds was today mum on his removal from the post of Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Assembly. Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley announced a reshuffle of...
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Not allowed
Speaker of the House Michael Carrington recused himself from presiding over Parliament when sittings resumed today, over concerns about a civil case ruling against him. Speaker of the House of...
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WAIT OVER
After waiting for more than eight months, hundreds of retrenched National Conservation Commission (NCC) workers will finally have their day before the Employment Rights Tribunal next month. Minister of...
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Low turnout
Traffic came to a temporary halt and workers came out of their offices to observe, while others shouted their support from the sidelines as the leadership of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW)...
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No probe into Nigerian allegations
Law enforcement authorities in Barbados say they are not investigating any report of money stolen from a fund earmarked to finance the vocational training and accommodation of about 90 Nigerian...
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Worrell: Deficit target can still be achieved
Government realized an estimated $181 million or 2.1 per cent of GDP in savings from its Fiscal Consolidation Programme between April and December last year. And Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle...
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‘Relieve Minister of Labour of duties’
He may not have been marching alongside the former National Conservation Commission (NCC) workers and other supporters this morning, but the Barbados Labour Party’s Shadow Minister of Labour and Social...
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Growth expectations
Central Bank Governor Dr Delisle Worrell this afternoon issued a report on Barbados’ economic performance for 2014, indicating that economic activity improved by 0.3 per cent. He also projected two per...
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Parliament closes VAT loopholes
Parliament today approved an amendment to the Value Added Tax Act to close a loophole that allowed some people to get waivers to which they were not entitled. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler, who...
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Mottley concerned about economic situation
The dire state of Government’s finances is the only reason an amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) was the first order of business in the first sitting of Parliament for 2015. Leader of the...
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Another wanted man surrenders and faces court
Wanted man Ron Lionel Hill, alias Cordus or Big Ron, of Block 3B St Matthias, Christ Church has surrendered to police. He appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court today charged with using a...
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Green light
The Barbados Community College (BCC) will be ready by month end to accommodate the group of Nigerian students whose stay here has been embroiled in controversy. Minister of Education Ronald Jones gave...
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The former project manager for the Delta State Empowerment Programme Barbadian Sharon Brathwaite has tendered a public apology to the Prime Minister and the people of Barbados, following the recent...
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$210,000 due
He has stopped short of saying the Speaker of the House should resign. But the man at the centre of the civil dispute with Michael Carrington says he will go as far as seeking an order to seize his...
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Break the silence, Mr Speaker
A former head of the Bar Association believes Speaker of the House Michael Carrington has a duty to explain to Barbados the circumstances surrounding a publicized legal dispute with a former client....
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