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It’s not madness, it’s common sense!
Almost five years after he unveiled his vision of one tertiary level graduate per household in Barbados by 2020, principal of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus Sir Hilary Beckles is...
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Arthur presses for relief from waste tax
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur has proceeded with his plan to seek relief from the Municipal Solid Waste Tax for the underprivileged in his St Peter constituency.Effective today, he opened his...
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The umbrella body for trade unions is extending an olive branch to the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) in a bid to mend the split caused by the 2012 dispute over representation at the International Labour...
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Another march this Saturday
For the second time in as many weeks, senior attorney-at-law Robert Bobby Clarke will lead a march through Bridgetown against rising economic problems in the country. He said the Commissioner of Police...
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Warning against shaming theft suspects on social media
Local businesses reportedly involved in the practice of naming and shaming suspected thieves on social media are being warned not to do so. In fact, if Minister of Industry, Commerce and Trade Donville...
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ATM fraud attacks tourism
Barbados and other regional tourism destinations are facing increasing threat from ATM fraud.Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport Irene Sandiford-Garner issued...
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Boyce calls for a change in attitude towards the disabled
Minister of Health John Boyce is concerned that differently abled people in Barbados are still being discriminated against and he has called for this to stop.Speaking this morning at the prize giving...
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In the name of heritage
Minister of Culture Stephen Lashley today gave an assurance that the island’s first free village at Rock Hall, St Thomas — a major plank of this island’s heritage tourism product — would soon be...
View ArticleMASSY PUSH
A regional business magnate is confident that Barbados has what it takes to correct its “unfortunate” economic conditions.President and chief executive officer of the Massy Group of Companies Gervase...
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New pricing strategy for Honda
Sales of Honda vehicles in Barbados are expected to take off over the coming months. Operators of Platinum Motors Inc., suppliers of the brand on the island, said yesterday the company had come up with...
View ArticleMassy’s big plans
Barbados should have its seventh Massy Stores Supermarket within the next two months. Additionally, the Massy Foundation is to be launched here by the end of next month.The new Massy Stores Supermarket...
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Oh no, Inniss!
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell says recent harsh criticisms of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, made by outspoken Minister of Industry Donville Inniss, simply do not apply to him....
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Tread cautiously on ganja, warns Roach
Barbados and its CARCIOM neighbours are being warned that they will be confronted with a formidable foe if they opt to decriminalise marijuana for medicinal uses.The issue has been discussed at the...
View ArticleProducers pull out of Cohobblopot
The producers of Cohobblopot have pulled out but the show will go on as scheduled.This assurance this evening from Cranston Browne, chief executive officer of the National Cultural Foundation who said...
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Speak up on tax, urges Forde
Some pensioners and unemployed persons are being asked to pay as much as $2 300 and $2 500 in Municipal Solid Waste Tax by the end of December 2014.And the parliamentary representative for St Thomas,...
View ArticlePort awaits word from union on layoffs
The fate of 110 Barbados Port Authority workers still hangs in the balance as management awaits word from the Barbados Workers Union on a date for commencement of talks on proposed...
View ArticleIMF Tax Worry
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is questioning the large number of tax allowances and exemptions Government is giving to Barbadians, but Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says it’s too early to say...
View ArticleGarbage talk
Rubbish!That’s how Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is viewing widespread public calls to refund or waive the controversial Municipal Solid Waste Tax on the site value of properties that generate...
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PM: Give municipal tax a chance
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his Government is willing to review the controversial municipal tax, but it will stay for now, and he is pleading with Barbadians to give it a chance.As former...
View ArticleMONEY EARNER
A new study has revealed that the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies puts more direct foreign exchange earnings into the Treasury every year, than sugar and rum exports.Coming...
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