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Heartless Budget!
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is facing more criticism over his recent Budget in which he announced a whopping 500 per cent increase in the National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) from two to...
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Deceased’s neighbours puzzled
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Mark Green, the father of 19-year-old Nathan Greene, whose body was found by police last Saturday afternoon in a track at Hangman Hill, St Thomas. Neighbours said...
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BIBA wants no part of social responsibility levy
The international business community is to pressure the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Government to exempt the sector from the controversial ten per cent National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) due...
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Small businesses to push back against taxes
The island’s small businesses are planning to turn up the heat on Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler over the austerity measures announced during last month’s Budget presentation. Chief Executive...
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Strange trend of mothers throwing out daughters, says PM
The state agency charged with providing Barbadians with affordable housing is having difficulty coping with the high demand, according to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. Stuart told Parliament Tuesday...
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Million dollar man
The trial of a clerical officer accused of stealing over a million dollars belonging to the Psychiatric Hospital is due to commence in the High Court Wednesday. Anderson Ryan Ince of Hannays Road, St...
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Holder: Not so fast PM
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart’s call for laws to compel self-employed Barbadians to make contributions to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), has been slammed as “highly irresponsible” by Chief...
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Help me, please!
Ordene Forde cries herself to sleep at night when she thinks of her dire misfortune. The elderly woman, who resides at Bibby’s Layne, St Michael, is currently living in a rat-infested, semi-dilapidated...
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Small gets one night in jail
He was made to spend just one night in jail before he was allowed to walk free Tuesday on a charge of theft. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today dismissed the charge against 42-year-old David...
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Govt using NHC to win votes, claims Symmonds
Member of Parliament for St James Central Kerrie Symmonds is accusing the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Government of disregarding the dire economic situation facing the country by using financially...
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Belle denies assault charge
A 31-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault. Nicholas Damon Belle of 2nd Avenue, Greaves Land, Black Rock, St Michael appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant Monday in the...
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Closure of Weston fire station no safety hazard – Brathwaite
Residents of the north of the island are being assured their safety was not being compromised by the closure of the fire station at Weston, St James. In the wake of a series of questions tabled in the...
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Freeman gets caught wheeling and dealing in gold
A convicted burglar has been sentenced to three, six-month prison terms at HMP Dodds for committing offences under the Precious Metals and Second Hand Metals Act. However, the sentences imposed on...
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Sales rep admits to stealing from Courtesy
A 44-year-old man has been warned to be on his best behaviour for the next year. If Gregory Patson Clarke of #7 Clarkes Road, Hothersal Turning, St Michael fails to comply with the order imposed by...
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Kellman announces land deal
The cash-strapped National Housing Corporation (NHC) has agreed a land swapping deal with the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) as it seeks to expand Government’s...
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An unemployed 16-year-old has to successfully complete 120 hours of community service if he wants to keep his criminal record clean. Jadane Curtis Tyrique Scantlebury of Taylor’s Land, Fairfield, St...
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Tropical wave affects Barbados
The Barbados Meteorological Office says a tropical wave is affecting the island. Heavy rains have been pounding sections of the country for most of the day. Weather officials say it will remain...
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Gibson remanded to prison
Clement Robert Gibson, 27, of Sargeant Street, St John, was remanded to prison when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court today on a number of...
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15-year-old charged with 14 counts of burglary
Police in the Southern Division have made a major breakthrough in relation to a number of burglaries committed in the Oistins area between the months of May and June 2017. They have arrested and...
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No easy way
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is reminding Barbadians that the measures announced in the 2017 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals are mainly designed to stop the decline in foreign...
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