Tag: 2025 Budget
Thorne: Workers not benefiting from construction boom
While Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn highlighted a booming construction sector in his Budget presentation, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne offered a...
Thorne: Government ‘weak and toothless’ on crime
Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has labelled the current administration as “weak and toothless,” accusing it of being soft on crime.In his response to...
Thorne: Economic report attracts a failing grade
Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has criticised the economic report presented in the 2025 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, declaring that it attracts a failing...
Thorne lists six ‘scourges’ facing the nation
In his reply to the 2025 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne identified what he described as six scourges currently afflicting...
NOW backs increase of maternity leave to 14 weeks
The National Organisation of Women (NOW) is in full support of Government’s decision to increase maternity leave in Barbados to 14 weeks.President Melissa Savoury-Gittens...
AOPT ‘upset’ with Budget
The 2025 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals were given a failing grade by the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) yesterday, with director of communications and...