Politics

Barbados will enter its next Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) evaluation round in less than a year, the Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams revealed on Tuesday, warning that the country …

Minister of Labour Colin Jordan has described the Beneficial Ownership Transparency and Register Bill as necessary to strengthen accountability and ensure the country remains aligned with international standards. The bill …

Palestinian Ambassador to Barbados Linda Sobeh Ali has appealed to Caribbean nations to leverage their collective diplomatic weight at the United Nations to demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire and push …

Workers will receive stronger protection when employers fail to pay wages, ministers Sandra Husbands and Dr Romel Springer said as they backed the Protection of Wages Bill in the House …

A single, consolidated framework for Barbados’s labour laws would simplify compliance, reduce workplace disputes and better support small and medium-sized businesses, tourism minister Ian Gooding-Edghill has told Parliament. Gooding-Edghill, a …

Public officers preparing for the new school year are facing disrupted access to credit after the government temporarily halted salary deduction authorisations, prompting concern over how families will meet back-to-school …

Prime Minister Mia Mottley cautioned that businesses which pursue high profits by short-changing workers risk undermining productivity, customer service and their own long-term viability. “Fast money that is not sustainable …

Barbados and Colombia are entering what officials described as one of the strongest periods in their 54-year diplomatic relationship, with cooperation expanding across education, healthcare, culture, tourism and environmental conservation. …

Workers must be paid ahead of all other creditors when companies collapse, Prime Minister Mia Mottley told Parliament on Tuesday, as she defended new legislation aimed at ensuring wages owed …