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...

Pundits zero in on Caddle, McConney

Political scientists have focused their attention on the status of the two women – Marsha Caddle and Kay McConney – who were at the...

Move to cooperate more on crime

CARICOM leaders are trying to find ways to ensure criminals who break the law in one member state can be easily extradited. Prime Minister of...

US deportees ‘should be monitored’

Although CARICOM nations must accept their nationals who are being deported from the United States, they must not allow the deportees to roam freely...

Most vulnerable to be given housing priority

The One Family Programme will see priority housing being given to the most vulnerable. On Tuesday during debate on the Appropriation Bill, 2025 in the House...

Heated words over allocation of money

A contentious exchange between Chairman of Committees in the House of Assembly Peter Phillips and Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne yesterday led to...

AG: Can’t say when reform will end

Attorney General Dale Marshall said he cannot give an end date for the country’s constitutional reform, started in 2021. He was responding to a question...