‘Govt needs to up game against crooks’ Barbados Today17/07/2019415 views Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley has called on law enforcement authorities to address the threat posed by criminals, as lawmakers moved to enact legislation to secure the ports of entry.… Read more
Gov’t looking to fill Customs jobs Barbados Today17/07/20190144 views Government is looking to appoint a Comptroller of Customs along with three deputies. Word of this came from Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn who was leading off… Read more
UWI students to ‘give back’ – Minister Barbados Today16/07/2019042 views Cabinet has approved the Give Back Programme for students of the University of the West Indies to repay with service their taxpayer-funded tuition, Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson has… Read more
Workplace Wellness Policy ‘approved’- Jordan Barbados Today16/07/2019045 views Cabinet has approved a new policy for maintaining health and safety in the workplace, Minister of Labour and Social Partnerships Colin Jordan has announced. In his speech to launch Occupational… Read more
Well issues decades old Barbados Today10/07/20192030 views The problems in the Pine which are now being brought to the fore have plagued that St Michael community for decades. And Minister of the Blue Economy Kirk Humphrey, himself… Read more
No time for blame game Barbados Today10/07/20191129 views Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley warned Government not to use the death of 17-year-old Kyrique Boyce to score cheap political points. Atherley, leader of the newly-formed People’s Party for Democracy… Read more
‘Fixing mode’ Barbados Today10/07/2019651 views Despite being cash-strapped, the National Housing Corporation (NHC) is committed to fixing all of the issues related to the properties it owns, junior Housing Minister Charles Griffith told Parliament today.… Read more
‘Stop it!’ Barbados Today09/07/20191231 views The senior minister for housing, George Payne, has told fellow MPs to “stop with the blame game” in the wake of the death of a teenager in a defective well… Read more
NHC must step up Barbados Today09/07/2019430 views In an emotional address today from the floor of Parliament, MP for St Michael South East Santia Bradshaw called on Government and the National Housing Corporation (NHC) to do better.… Read more
Atherley: PM didn’t want me! Barbados Today02/07/20195346 views Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley has defended his decision to launch a new political party a year after crossing the floor of Parliament to become Opposition Leader. During the first… Read more