Gun crime ‘bad’, PM admits Barbados Today21/03/201912278 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley tonight made the grim admission that the current level of gun-related crime is “bad”. But she gave the assurance that Government is doing everything in its… Read more
End to CLICO debacle Barbados Today21/03/201910375 views Almost eight out of ten CLICO life insurance policyholders are to be paid out by Government for their investments and claims in the collapsed insurance company, the Prime Minister Mia… Read more
‘Comprehensive education reform’ Barbados Today21/03/20191266 views An education system, rooted in the colonial era, is in urgent need of comprehensive reform to fit modern times and give all children a fair break regardless of their abilities,… Read more
UPP ‘gearing up for 2023’ Barbados Today15/03/201912211 views With political parties yet to get out of the starting blocks following the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) historic clean sweep of the 2018 polls, the United Progressive Party (UPP) is… Read more
New law may help Govt go after ‘Mr Big’ Barbados Today14/03/201937329 views A Government senator suggested today that law enforcement target the proverbial ‘Mister Big’ – the invisible hand driving serious crime – and move beyond “boys on the block” as its… Read more
New crime proceeds law ‘an act of self-governance’ Barbados Today14/03/20197318 views The passing of the Proceeds and Instrumentalities of Crime Bill has been praised as an example of the Labour Party Government’s “self-governance”. In giving the new law her full support,… Read more
Equal treatment for all Barbados Today13/03/20199203 views If corruption is to be stamped out in Barbados, bias has to be removed from police investigations and prosecutions. That is according to Opposition Leader Reverend Joseph Atherley, who has… Read more
Trade Minister ponders corruption, crime impacts Barbados Today13/03/20191225 views High-level corruption and rampant crime can cause profound harm to Barbados’ foreign relations, Foreign Trade Minister Sandra Husbands warned in Parliament today. The St James South MP said: “[Corruption] goes… Read more
Budget next week Barbados Today12/03/20197391 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley will deliver her first Budget on March 20. And she has signaled her intention to lend much-needed assistance to the island’s ailing sugar industry. Mottley made… Read more
Government ‘trying to shed printery jobs’ – Franklyn Barbados Today07/03/201914274 views Outspoken trade unionist and Senator Caswell Franklyn has accused Government of moving downsize its official printery through legislation. As the Upper House debated the Interpretation (Amendment) Bill, he claimed that… Read more