CTUSAB says no to cellphones in schools
Ill-conceived.That’s how the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) describes the decision to institute mobile phones in schools at this time.The umbrella body threw its...
View ArticleProgramme launched to deliver training to farmers
Better managed farms, raised productivity, greater consistency and a higher quality of crops are expected to be the result of a joint partnership between the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) and the...
View ArticleBUDGET DAY IS HERE!
TODAY is Budget day in Barbados.This evening at 4 p.m., Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler, will make his eighth Budgetary presentation that is expected to include measures...
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BAS CEO: International agreements hurting sector
CEO of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul (centre), speaks during the launch of a farmers’ training programme while President of the BAS, Woodville Jones (left); and Vice-president of...
View ArticleGet into communities
STOP building fancy buildings for community workers to operate from and let them go into the communities to work.According to community practitioner and Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for St....
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Grant ready for battle
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for St. Michael South East, Rodney Grant, says he is ready to lead the fight for social transformation in that constituency.Democratic Labour Party candidate for...
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New programme on the cards
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler (right) alongside his daughter Tatyana King and Democratic Labour Party’s City Candidate, Henderson Williams (left) prior to the annual...
View ArticleSealy: Boost in Chinese visitors expected
Visa-exemption waiver agreement to come into effectAT present, approximately 300 Chinese visit Barbados annually.However, with the visa-exemption waiver agreement coming into effect this week, Minister...
View ArticleDeficit coming down
Government missed its target to bring the deficit down to 5.8 per cent, but Finance Minister Christopher Sinckler said that the 6.3 per cent achieved at the end of the last financial year, March 31,...
View ArticleLashley: Vote for Rodney Grant
FORMER Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Michael South East, Hamilton Lashley, is appealing to residents of that constituency to vote for Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate, Rodney Grant, who is...
View ArticleGov’t not cutting public service wage bill
GOVERNMENT has said a loud ‘No’ to a recommendation that it cut the public service wage bill by a whopping $140 million.This is one of a number of proposals which the Government turned its back on in...
View ArticleSinckler defends Government’s performance
Government is set to launch duty-free zones in a number of locations across the country within a few months’ time.The disclosure came from Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher...
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Barbadians display interest in Budgetary Proposals
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley being embraced by some supporters.Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, Steve Blackett (left) alongside Democratic Labour Party’s...
View ArticleCost of living will go up, says Finance Minister
BARBADIANS were told yesterday to brace for an increase in the cost of living and a slowdown in economic growth as Government outlined a number of measures to shore up the economy.The Minister of...
View ArticleBudget at a glance
• Effective July 1, a broad-based foreign exchange commission be charged on all sales of foreign currency at a rate of 2%. This will extend to, inter alia, all wire transfers, credit card transactions,...
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DEFICIT FOCUS
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler receiving a boutonnière from daughter Tatyana King prior to delivering the Annual Budgetary Proposals and Financial Statements yesterday.By:...
View Article‘No growth until Gov’t goes’
“For Barbados to grow, this Government must go.”This was the declaration made by Opposition Leader Mia Mottley, as she delivered her Reply to the 2017 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals in the...
View ArticleBWA to pay for not meeting Guaranteed Standards of Service
THE Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be required to make monetary compensation to customers who are affected by the company’s failure to meet Guaranteed Standards of Service.In addition, while it...
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Mottley: Country lacking leadership
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley (centre) being embraced by supporters prior to making her response to the Annual Budgetary Proposals and Financial Statements yesterday.Opposition Leader Mia Mottley is...
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Longer wait for payment claims
President of the Barbados Investors and Policyholders Alliance Inc. (BIPA), June Fowler (centre); BIPA’s Public Relations Officer, Michael Goodman (left); and one of BIPA’s directors, Patricia Corbin,...
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