‘Brake it!’
Four months after throwing his support behind the abolition of the road tax and the introduction of a tax on fuel at the pumps, consumer rights advocate Malcolm Gibbs-Taitt is calling on Government to...
View ArticleMan accused of shooting coconut vendor remanded
A young man charged in connection with the shooting of a coconut vendor on Graeme Hall Road, near Top Rock, Christ Church has been remanded to HMP Dodds. It is alleged that Timeko Teriq Layne, of Block...
View ArticleMajor changes
In a race to meet commitments to comply with the demands of the world’s richest nations, the lucrative regime that created international business companies (IBCs) is set to be dismantled, the law...
View ArticleJordan, ex-HR pro, says re-think HR
The Human Resources professional who is now Minister of Labour has suggested that the role of his former colleagues will become even more important with the expected displacement of workers during the...
View ArticleFintech firm’s ‘fine with framework’
Financial technology firm Bitt has welcomed news that the Central Bank and the Financial Services Commission (FSC) have established a framework for a regulatory sandbox. This mechanism is intended to...
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Rock gap reeling
Even before news broke that 24-year-old Jamal Elon Lewis of Rock Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael had died in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday, his sister said she could sense that something was wrong...
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Village rattled by week’s fifth blaze
Two families in Deane’s Village, St Michael are now homeless after an early morning blaze that gutted two houses and partially damaged a third. Neighbours are left agonizing over the total loss...
View Article‘More reporting key to crime fight’
If Barbadians want to see an end to the recent rise in violent crime then they must make it their civic duty to report crime to law enforcement instead of waiting on Government to solve the problem,...
View ArticleHoteliers warned
The nation’s vital hotel industry has been placed on notice of possible industrial action. After talking tonight with workers - the second of two meetings with them today - at the Barbados Workers’...
View ArticleGollop skeptical about last in, first out
A local constitutional lawyer is advising against adopting the last-in first-out principal across the board when carrying out retrenchments similar to what is being undertaken by the Government as part...
View Article‘Fatal flaw’
The recent spate of road accidents across Barbados has drawn the ire of President of the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) Sharmane Roland-Bowen, who is pointing an accusing finger at authorities...
View ArticlePublic service head issues statement on public sector layoffs
Head of the Civil Service Dr Louis Woodruffe maintains there is "no widespread chaos" as the Government continues its restructuring exercise. He also said that every effort has been made to ensure that...
View ArticleMissing man : Renaldo Chad Allan Jordan
Police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate Renaldo Chad Allan Jordan of Grazettes Landing Scheme, St Michael. Twenty-six-year-old Jordan who was reported missing by his mother on Tuesday was...
View ArticleLevel up
Local hoteliers can now breathe a sigh of relief as they seek to access concessions under the Tourism Development Act. Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on Friday that her administration would be...
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Levy bust
Barbadians are flat out refusing to pay the recently implemented Garbage and Sewage Collection (GSC) tax, which was recently tacked on their water bill. This has resulted in revenue at the Barbados...
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$150 million for BERT
Barbados’ efforts to resuscitate the ailing economy received a major injection today, when Prime Minister Mia Mottley signed off on a multimillion dollar policy based loan with the Caribbean...
View ArticleBajans duped
Unscrupulous and unfair! That is how Member of Parliament for St Thomas Cynthia Forde described some plantation landowners, who she claimed have been duping Barbadians under the Tenantries Freehold...
View ArticleLow income doesn’t have to mean low quality
Government must overhaul its approach to the concept of local income housing says Minister of Energy and Water Resources Wilfred Abrahams. In his contribution to debate in Parliament on a resolution to...
View ArticleLand prices too high, says Opposition Leader
Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley is pleading with the Mia Mottley led administration to review land prices in Barbados. Speaking in the House of Assembly this afternoon on a resolution to vest...
View ArticleLet chips fall where they may
Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament called on its chairman Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley to convene a meeting aimed at presenting the report on its findings to the...
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