Prime Minister Mia Mottley is seeking support for a Bridgetown Agenda that Barbados has created to encourage reform of the Bretton Woods system, as she urged world leaders to remove …
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The island’s sole electricity supplier told a rate hearing today that it proposes to cap the bills of 41 000 low-income consumers at $6 per month provided they don’t go …
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Legislation to allow more categories of people to attain Barbadian citizenship is to go before Parliament soon, Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams disclosed on Thursday as he …
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By Marlon Madden Officials of the Small Business Association (SBA) are calling on Government to remove the two per cent foreign exchange tax on online transactions and review the policy …
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A police officer on Thursday recounted that murder accused Raheim Ricardo O’Neil Hinds claimed he threw a stone at Michael Yearwood in self-defense. That was the evidence of Station Sergeant …
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It was not me! That was the impassioned statement of Kemal Mario Straker who today maintained his innocence and suggested that police were trying to frame him. Straker, of #15 …
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Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw has disclosed that the Cabinet of Barbados met today and approved a number of fundamental changes to the COVID-19 directives that have governed the management …
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#BT Column – A modern monarchy as a mirror of hope and truth
by Sasha Mehterby Sasha MehterBy Walter Edey Charles III is now the King of Great Britain and head of the Commonwealth, but the form and nature of the monarchy remains uncertain. And, as some …
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#BT Column – The oil and gas sector in Guyana: Catalyst for agriculture and food sector growth
by Sasha Mehterby Sasha MehterGuyana lifted its first commercial shipment of oil in December 2019. This is projected to be the start of a very dominant national oil and gas industry with estimated reserves …
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One is almost sure to find a melee of spirited Barbadians berating government, and fortifying their resolve for the imposition of harsher punishments, whenever and wherever reports of crime are …