EntertainmentLocal NewsNews One-stop entertainment licence by Barbados Today 30/06/2019 written by Barbados Today Updated by Desmond Brown 30/06/2019 2 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 440 Starting this week, event promoters will be issued a one-stop entertainment licence from the National Cultural Foundation (NCF). With six weeks of the Crop Over festival remaining, Prime Minister Mia Mottley, publicly apologised to the Crop Over promoters for the delay and hurdles they faced while obtaining licences for the season. This bottleneck has resulted in the postponing of some events. Mottley was delivering the feature address at the renaming ceremony of the Spring Garden Highway to the Mighty Grynner Highway, when she declared that the 34 year old Public Entertainment Act will be reviewed. She disclosed that she met with the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA), and it was agreed that the NCF would issue a one-stop licence for the rest of the Crop Over season. The Public Entertainment Act states: “A person desiring to keep a place of entertainment must apply to the comptroller in the approved form and produce at the time of application, the following documents: a certificate from the Chief Town Planner that the applicant has obtained planning permission in respect of the premises and the activities intended to be held thereon and a certificate from the Commission of Police that the applicant has obtained planning permission in respect of the premises and the activities intended to be held thereon. The applicant must also produce a certificate from the Commissioner of Police that he/she is a fit and proper person to keep a place of public entertainment and a certificate from the Chief Fire Officer that the premises are provided with sufficient fire exists in relation to the number of persons who are to be accommodated therein.” Prime Minister Mottley emphasized that urgent review of the Act was necessary. You Might Be Interested In Crystal Beckles-Holder, 2nd runner up in regional competition GUYANA: Body of child found after gold mine collapses Barbadians asked to help with return tickets for Haitians “I don’t believe that you should have to go through hell in this country to be able to do a simple thing as to help us celebrate this festival.” (KK) Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Police seek help in identifying and locating person of interest 12/02/2025 Wanted: Troy Barry O’neal Wiltshire 12/02/2025 School violence is escalating —The Ministry of Education must act now 12/02/2025