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Politics

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...
Politics

Jordan wants more mentorship programmes

Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector Colin Jordan is calling for serious mentorship programmes for...
Politics

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)...
Politics

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...
Politics

Walters: Fix NHC problems

Transferring ownership of National Housing Corporation (NHC) terrace units to long-standing tenants does not mean Government’s job is...
News

Embrace what we claim to enjoy, says Caddle

Nationnews Desk -
Government Backbencher Marsha Caddle is calling on Barbadians to “truly embrace what we claim to enjoy” and to guard against insularity and hatred. During debate...
News

Labour Department to get a boost

Nationnews Desk -
Resources in the Ministry of Labour are set to get a boost as Barbados welcomes nationals from St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and...
Politics

Abrahams rejects Thorne’s charge

Barry Alleyne -
Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams yesterday sought to rubbish claims that legislation associated with full freedom of movement into Barbados was geared at...
Politics

DLP candidate questions proposed Citizenship Bill

Colville Mounsey -
A potential political storm could be brewing over Government’s proposed Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2025, which critics warn could drastically lower the bar for becoming a...
Politics

Thorne: Mottley oversteps authority

Carlos Atwell -
Anyone entering Barbados, thinking they are doing so as part of the CARICOM Full Free Movement initiative, may unwittingly be doing so under false...
Politics

Debate on full free movement’s impact

Colville Mounsey -
Political scientist Peter Wickham is cautioning that while the conversation on full free movement between Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines...
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