Senator’s plea Barbados Today26/03/20240550 views Independent Senator Crystal Drakes on Monday delivered urgent pleas to the Mia Mottley administration to lower the income tax on an overburdened middle class and offer reprieve on private pension… Read more
‘REVISE IT’ Shamar Blunt26/03/20240685 views By Shamar Blunt Electricity consumer advocate and opposition lawmaker Senator Tricia Watson on Monday urged the Mia Mottley administration to scrap one of its major goals – a national grid… Read more
Budget deficient – DLP president Shamar Blunt26/03/20240494 views President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Dr Ronnie Yearwood has criticised Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s most recent Budget presentation as being deficient in several important areas, including tax credits… Read more
Atherley on Budget: ‘Should have been done sooner’ Fernella Wedderburn26/03/20240892 views By Fernella Wedderburn Some of the measures outlined in last week’s Budget are necessary but should have been addressed six years ago, a former leader of the opposition has said.… Read more
Plan Urgent Barbados Today23/03/20240683 views Domestic violence cases have spiked in Barbados in the first quarter of this year, prompting an advocate’s renewed urgency for a long-proposed national strategy on domestic violence and gender-based violence.… Read more
City Lights Sandy Deane23/03/20240625 views City of Bridgetown MP Corey Lane has disclosed that his constituents are set to secure 1 200 jobs and several other benefits when the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20… Read more
A Failed Attempt At A Budget Barbados Today22/03/202401.2K views Similar to last year, Prime Minister Mia Mottley delivered her version of the Budget immediately after the Estimates and with the country in the second Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation… Read more
‘Grossly unfair’ Barbados Today22/03/20240870 views St Philip North MP Dr Sonia Browne has not only doubled down on her position against “grossly unfair” land tax calculations by the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) but has now… Read more
‘BIG WIN’ Shamar Blunt22/03/202401.7K views The extension of social security benefits for people living with disabilities announced in the Budget has been declared a big win by Kerry Ann Ifill, president of the Barbados Council… Read more
BCEN sums up Budget ‘strengths, areas for improvement’ Emmanuel Joseph22/03/20240842 views This year’s Budget speech was a mix of strengths and areas for improvement, consumer advocacy group Barbados Consumer Empowerment Network (BCEN) has said. A BCEN statement said while there are… Read more