No time for DLP self-pity Barbados Today03/08/2019793 views Barbados needs a resurgent Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and the time has come for the members to stop feeling sorry for themselves, following the party’s historic loss in the 2018… Read more
Forgive debts for the poor, says Opposition Barbados Today03/08/2019476 views Days after Government agreed to write off outstanding Value Added Tax (VAT) debts for private sector businesses and waive penalties and arrears, Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley is asking that similar… Read more
VAT debts write-off as amendments pass Barbados Today01/08/20191475 views The Labour Party administration has kept a mini-budget pledge made shortly after coming to power last year, writing off outstanding Value Added Tax (VAT) debts from its first four years… Read more
Data Protection Act will ‘end abuse of digital lives’ Barbados Today31/07/2019179 views The days of Barbadians’ data been misused are coming to an end, Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce Dwight Sutherland, has pledged. The St George South MP promised that… Read more
Minister: Govt is privacy watchdog Barbados Today31/07/2019465 views A Minister has declared it’s Government’s job to protect at all costs the privacy of the people who live here. Minister of Labour Colin Jordan made the declaration this afternoon… Read more
Costly change Barbados Today31/07/2019082 views A year and a half after the Barbados Labour Party assumed full control of Parliament, giving it the power to change the Constitution for Barbados to become a republic, a… Read more
Pensions promise Barbados Today29/07/2019171 views Government is not in a financial position to continue paying both National Insurance disability and pension benefits from the Treasury. But Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs Ryan Straughn… Read more
Bill ‘of rights’ Barbados Today25/07/20190120 views When the Data Protection Bill is a passed into law any individual will have the right to sue any entity for misusing their personal data without permission, the Minister for… Read more
Govt accused of taking advantage Barbados Today25/07/2019644 views Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has accused the Mia Mottley administration of intervening in the sale of property on Bay Street to facilitate the Hyatt Centric Hotel development. Government has acquired… Read more
Straughn reveals struggle with autistic son in emotional appeal Barbados Today25/07/2019735 views In an emotional revelation of the struggles of raising a son with autism, Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn has delivered an appeal for support for parents of… Read more