{"id":39411,"date":"2017-08-04T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testwp23.newsmemory.com\/nationnews\/news\/2017\/08\/04\/licensing-authority-needs-revamp\/"},"modified":"2017-08-04T09:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T09:52:00","slug":"licensing-authority-needs-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationnews.com\/2017\/08\/04\/licensing-authority-needs-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Licensing Authority \u2018needs revamp\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Barbados Licensing Authority needs a complete overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>That assessment has come from president of the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) Sharmane Roland-Bowen, who believes there are too many deficiencies at the state-run agency.<\/p>\n<p>Roland-Bowen raised the issues as she and several other supporters staged a silent protest outside the Licensing Authority\u2019s Pine, St Michael, headquarters yesterday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 7 a.m., the seven-member placard-bearing group lined up outside to begin their protest.\u00a0And among the association\u2019s main grouses is the need for a standardised driving test. \u00a0(<strong>RB<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Please read the full story in today\u2019s Weekend Nation, or in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/subscriber.pagesuite-professional.co.uk\/Custompages\/74F2C53B-ACB2-4E18-B4B4-AC7D48374B71\/Default.Aspx\" title=\"eNATION\"><strong>eNATION<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0edition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Barbados Licensing Authority needs a complete overhaul. That assessment has come from president of the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) Sharmane Roland-Bowen, who believes there are too many deficiencies at the state-run agency. Roland-Bowen raised the issues as she and several other supporters staged a silent protest outside the Licensing Authority\u2019s Pine, St Michael, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":39412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[506],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Licensing Authority \u2018needs revamp\u2019 - nationnews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationnews.com\/2017\/08\/04\/licensing-authority-needs-revamp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Licensing Authority \u2018needs revamp\u2019 - nationnews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Barbados Licensing Authority needs a complete overhaul. 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