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Govt finalising debt swap for health

Government is moving to finalise a debt-for-social swap targeting...

English decline ‘a concern’

Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn has expressed concern about...

Countdown for end of 11-Plus begins

The countdown has officially begun for the end of...

Dip in overall maths, English

St Gabriel’s Primary School dominated this year’s Barbados Secondary...

Walters slams Govt ‘secrecy’

Democratic Labour Party Spokesman on finance Senator Ryan Walters...

Still mum on BiMPay cost

Questions about the cost of Barbados’ new BiMPay platform...

‘Ticked off’ by T20 move

Vendors operating outside of the Cheapside market are up in arms today as reports of a move to relocate them ahead of the T20...

NUPW threat

Trouble may be brewing at the Customs and Excise Department as well as the Immigration Department. General secretary of the National Union of Public Workers...

$23.64m over

A probe of Government’s acquisition and construction of 150 pre-fabricated steel-framed housing units from China has concluded that the project has not met its...

Set for World Cup

Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce is confident the Barbados Police Service is fully ready to meet all the security needs of the upcoming T20...

Not worth its salt!

Government’s planned introduction of a salt tax appears to have been put on ice.  Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Arthur Phillips revealed yesterday that a...

Not so easy!

Barbados’ ageing population and declining birth rate cannot be tackled simply by asking people to have more children.  This is according to executive director of...

Social services’ bill ‘to jump’

Barbados can expect its cost of social services to significantly increase in the coming years, says Minister of People Empowerment and Elderly Affairs Kirk...

Debt not out of hand, says Mia

Barbados’ debt is not galloping out of control, declared Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. This was the context on which she set the tone for...

Nod for Budget

Monday’s Budget delivered by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has been met with much optimism by the business community, but there are some concerns. In...

Declining literacy among boys ‘big factor’ in school unrest

There may be a direct link between declining literacy among boys and the continuation of the long-standing problem of violence in schools. This is the...