Mottley to Moreno: Lend us back IDB housing funds
The Mottley administration is seeking to borrow from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to build low-income houses in an effort to combat over-crowding in some public housing estates – money the...
View Article‘Blame landlord cartel’ for the way we live now
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy Kirk Humphrey has decried a growing trend of landlords who were taking advantage of tenants by charging excessive rents while providing below-standard...
View ArticleClarke: ‘Pay up housing subsidy’
A backbencher has called on Government to pay outstanding subsidies promised landowners by the previous administration under the landmark law to provide tenure at concessionary prices. St George North...
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Unmoved
Teachers at the Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School say they will not be intimidated over any decision they take about where they buy lunch. [caption id="attachment_283722" align="aligncenter"...
View ArticleVAT on online purchases by Christmas – Mottley
With two deadlines already missed, Government announced today that it is finally ready to roll out its plan to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) on foreign online transactions by mid-next month. This...
View ArticleNo VSEP packages at Transport Board as yet
The Transport Board already has over 20 employees who have indicated an interest in leaving the organization by way of voluntary separation if a package is formally offered. This was revealed by...
View ArticleCCB operations under review
Some changes could be on the cards for the Child Care Board (CCB) as the six-month-old Barbados Labour Party (BLP) administration continues to restructure government agencies and departments. Minister...
View ArticleFortress: ‘Three more years’ of lean
A leading investment firm is warning against expectations of measurable economic growth over the next three years. In addition, Chief Investment Officer of Fortress Fund Manager Peter Arender said the...
View ArticleAction looms at RDC
Industrial action looms large over the Government-owned Rural Development Commission (RDC). Last night, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Senator Toni Moore accused the RDC of...
View ArticleBrighton Road impassable
Police report that a container has overturned along Brighton Road, St Michael and as a result vehicular access to the area has been restricted. [video width="848" height="480"...
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‘Let us pray’
Vendors outside the Grantley Adams Memorial School took to prayer today as their student-backed protest continued its second week, seeking divine intervention from an “enemy” that has banned them from...
View ArticleBARP relieved
The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) has welcomed the relief for pensioners from Government’s changes to how their investments will be disbursed. “We appreciate the fact that the Prime...
View ArticleSenators to Bishop-designate: Stay with us
Newly named as Anglican Bishop of Barbados, Reverend Michael Maxwell has been urged not to resign from his position as an Independent Senator. The call came from several of his colleagues in the Upper...
View ArticleChildren hurt in accident
Two young children are nursing injuries after being struck by a truck on their way home from school. According to reports, around 3:27 P.M., two students of the Hilda Skeene Primary School ages nine...
View ArticleBWA staff getting increases
The near-800 workers at the state-run Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will soon start receiving a five per cent increase in their wages and salaries. In making the announcement late last night following...
View ArticleThirty-three jobs saved; radio station to close
The state-run Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is shutting down one of its three radio stations as the company prepares to retrench 78 workers from across all departments by the end of this...
View Article‘Empty promises’
Psychiatric Hospital nurses say they are at wits’ end over pay issues which has not been settled despite assurances by Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. It was back in...
View ArticleProtect us
The organization representing policyholders and investors of the collapsed Clico International Life Insurance Limited is asking the High Court to shield bonds set aside for its successor company from...
View ArticleRetrenched workers could benefit from tax cut, says economist
A well-known local economist is suggesting that Government’s decision to slash Corporation Tax by 80 to 90 per cent, could help the private sector absorb recently retrenched public workers. University...
View ArticleMarine industry set to cash in on tax cut, says Humphrey
In just 24 hours of Prime Minister Mia Mottley announcing an 80 per cent reduction in Corporation Tax, there is already increased interest in building new businesses within the fishing and marine...
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