BIBA head confident Barbados can make tax law deadlines
Officials in the international business sector here are in somewhat of a wait and see mode as Barbados continues to make necessary legislative and regime changes governing the sector. This means...
View ArticlePM: I’m sorry
Faced with a growing chorus of heart-breaking stories from workers who have been sent home as part of Government’s cost-cutting measures across the public service, Prime Minister Mia Mottley offered an...
View ArticleDocument outlines massive cuts in Govt spending
Several state-owned entities will be restructured or shut down as part of phase 2 and 3 of the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan, starting the next fiscal year. Some of the...
View Article2019 court date for Inniss
June 24, 2019 is the date set by the United States Federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto to hear the case filed by United States prosecutors against former International Business and Commerce Minister Donville...
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Worrying impact
Even though the police officers will not be directly impacted by job cuts to the public service, Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) is concerned that termination of...
View ArticleCTUSAB stands firm amid tensions with BSTU
General Secretary of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) Dennis Depeiza has put the membership on notice that there will be no deviation from its governance...
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Police investigate fatal accident
Police are currently on the scene of a fatal accident, which occurred along Hastings Road, Christ Church. (more details as they come to hand.) The post Police investigate fatal accident appeared first...
View ArticlePolice investigate accident at Graeme Hall, Christ Church
Police, fire officers and other emergency personnel are on the scene of a three-car smash up Graeme Hall, Christ Church. Several people were injured in the accident. (more details they come to hand.)...
View ArticlePolice investigate armed robbery
Two people were injured in an armed robbery, which occurred at Richmond Road, St Michael around 12:08 p.m. According to lawmen, a lone gunman robbed two women of a handbag, money, phones, and...
View ArticleNo politics
The Mia Mottley led Government did not handpick which workers would be sent home during its recent retrenchment exercise. That assurance was given on Wednesday by Senator Lisa Cummins who said while...
View ArticleFranklyn wants free health care at hospital for non-nationals
Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has said the law needs to be changed to make it possible for non-nationals to receive free health care at the QEH like any other resident. Making his case in the...
View ArticleCZMU’s role important,– Humphrey
Member of Parliament for St Michael South and Minister with responsibility for the Blue Economy Kirk Humphrey is glad to see that the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) has been included in the Green...
View ArticleSpringer: Give BERT a chance
Senator Dr Romel Springer is urging Barbadians to give the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation Programme (BERT) a chance. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday morning during debate on the Debt...
View ArticleDon’t forget minority creditors says Maxwell
At least one independent Senator believes that Government should honour the wishes of the minority who have opposed its debt restructuring programme. Reverend Michael Maxwell made the call while...
View ArticleLocal knowledge must play role in planning process, says Forde
Members of Parliament have commended the current administration for taking the Green Paper on Town and Country Planning to the people of Barbados, stating that “local knowledge” is an important element...
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Final ride
Members of the Royal Barbados Police Force were kept busy along the south coast this afternoon after two vehicular accidents, one fatal, within the space of two hours. The first accident occurred along...
View ArticleCTUSAB: Unions left out of the loop ahead of public sector job cuts
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) says Government failed to properly negotiate with that umbrella body of workers’ advocate associations and unions, ahead of the...
View ArticleNew space for Fintech firms
Some of the services of financial technology (fintech) firms in Barbados could soon be regulated. The Central Bank of Barbados in a joint statement with the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said...
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Court workers served
The pain of austerity hit home for the Barbados court service, while two state-owned enterprises (SOE) were put on notice that they would soon feel the pinch of Government’s restructuring. On Wednesday...
View ArticleOpposition Leader calls out Government on late notice for bills
Members of the Opposition in both Houses of Parliament are calling on the Mia Mottley-led administration to cease and desist from continuing to “disrespect” the institution of Parliament. Leader of the...
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