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Govt should fast track legal opinion, says DLP

Government should be moving with urgency to get a legal opinion on the deduction authorisation for public officers that is creating anxiety among hundreds of workers, insists Senator Ryan...
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Jordan wants more mentorship programmes

Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector Colin Jordan is calling for serious mentorship programmes for...
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Govt finalising debt swap for health

Government is moving to finalise a debt-for-social swap targeting health, as it confronts an escalating non-communicable disease (NCD)...
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DLP calls for action on flooding along KNR Husbands Highway

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is calling on the Government to urgently address recurring flooding along the KNR...
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Walters: Fix NHC problems

Transferring ownership of National Housing Corporation (NHC) terrace units to long-standing tenants does not mean Government’s job is...
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BLP members vote today in St Thomas nomination

Colville Mounsey -
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is bracing for what is expected to be one of its most consequential internal elections in recent memory, as...
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‘Barbados must prepare for rapid ageing’

Antoinette Connell -
The Senate will return to a resolution dealing with a policy on ageing after it was introduced yesterday. Senator Lisa Cummins introduced The Resolution: Parliament Of...
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Sutherland, BLP dismiss ‘malicious’ letter

Antoinette Connell -
Both the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and Member of Parliament Dwight Sutherland have dismissed as “malicious” a letter purporting to be calling for him...
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Walters: Our right to see power deal

Antoinette Connell -
Barbadians must be able to examine the arrangement between Government and the Barbados Light & Power Co. Ltd. (BL&P), says Opposition Senator Ryan Walters. Reacting...
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‘Defeat not a sign of regional shift’

Colville Mounsey -
The sweeping 14-1 defeat of Dr Ralph Gonsalves in St Vincent and the Grenadines has triggered intense debate across the Caribbean about whether a...
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Friends of Democracy names 12 candidates

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Friends of Democracy (FOD) political party has announced the names of the first 12 candidates who will be contesting the next General Election in...
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