Politics

Bill puts light on business owners

Government is seeking to tighten oversight of companies operating in Barbados through new legislation designed to expose the real owners behind businesses, strengthen corporate accountability and safeguard the country’s...

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...

Jordan wants more mentorship programmes

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

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)...

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...

Storm Water Bill introduced as Parliament resumes

Parliament resumed this morning following the Easter break. Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in the House, Santia Bradshaw, introduced the Storm...

St James North MP Edmund Hinkson resigns

Update: Early this morning, Member of Parliament for St. James North, The Honourable Edmund G. Hinkson, S.C., M.P., officially announced his resignation from elective...

BLP urged to work with public

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has urged members of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to head back to their communities and work with the...

DLP slams government as Barbados records 12 murders in 13 weeks

Twelve murders in thirteen weeks! That is the “grim statistic” to which Barbados awoke this morning with the death of 13-year-old Shawnoton Chase, said Democratic...

Acting Prime Minister to lead Ideas Forum in St. Thomas

Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw will take the lead in this evening’s Ideas Forum, the St. Thomas Edition, set to begin at 6:30 p.m....

Mottley to Thorne: Show me the evidence

Put up or shut up! That is the message Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has sent Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne as she categorically denied recent...