Tag: senate
Biden calls for change to Senate rules
United States President Joe Biden has called for a historic change to Senate rules as he seeks to overhaul the country’s election laws.
In an...
Senate gets to work on five bills
In a matter of mere hours yesterday the Senate raced through five pieces of legislation, including The Constitutional (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill on which...
Bill ‘does not legalise weed’
The new Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Amendment Bill does not legalise the smoking of marijuana, Government Senator Damien Sands asserted in the Senate...
Franklyn calls for purge of GIS managers
Senator Caswell Franklyn has called for the removal of the management team at the Government Industrial School (GIS).
Speaking yesterday during debate of the Appropriation...
Call for Govt to keep close eye on service providers
The matter of fees being charged by some financial institutions for services was in the spotlight on Wednesday as an Independent and a Government...
Senator backs new Barbados ID card
Non-nationals will go to lengths to get a Barbados National Identification card or a Barbados Passport.
So said Senator Rudolph Greenidge during debate in the...