Politics

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...
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...
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...
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Job exclusion absurd, says Humphrey

Antoinette Connell -
Unemployment for persons with disabilities is “ridiculously high”, observed Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey yesterday. During debate on the Rights of...
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Prime Minister Rowley names successor

Kimberley Browne -
SCARBOROUGH – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Monday said his Energy and Energy Industries Minister, Stuart Young, had been chosen by the legislative caucus...
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Hinkson mum on by-election

Antoinette Connell -
Member of Parliament Edmund Hinkson has given no word on whether there will be a by-election in St James North since announcing – two...
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PM: Grenadians will not be going to the polls next year

Kimberley Browne -
ST GEORGE’S – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on Wednesday announced that a general election will not be held in 2025. Speaking during the  adjournment of the...
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Ponzi talk ‘a distraction’

Antoinette Connell -
Nothing more than a distraction from Government’s failing policies, was how Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne described Minister Ryan Straughn’s contribution in the...
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Thorne: Villa owners favoured

Kimberley Browne -
Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne believes Government is treating wealthy villa owners more favourably than it is responding to “the pleas of fisherfolk” whose livelihoods...
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Mixed ruling

Maria Bradshaw -