Retrenched workers not forgotten Barbados Today21/02/20191376 views Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan is promising laid off workers that Government has not forgotten them. Jordan said the recent separation of workers from the Public… Read more
South coast hotels eyed for investment conference Emmanuel Joseph21/02/20191288 views A major investment conference is to be held in early April to examine how to pump millions of new cash into aging hotels and other properties for tourism, Minister of… Read more
Forde gives transportation service integration project thumbs down Marlon Madden21/02/20191275 views Member of Parliament for St Thomas Cynthia Forde has given a failing grade to government’s Transport Authority Service Integration (TASI) programme which came to an end in June last year.… Read more
Government lose millions in chip-based ID cards – Senator Marlon Madden20/02/201938129 views Government has lost approximately $4 million as a result of having to dump about 500,000 chip-based identification cards, Minister of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology Senator Kay McConney has revealed.… Read more
Bad roads across Barbados Barbados Today20/02/201917136 views About 70 per cent of Barbados’ roads are in a state of disrepair. This was highlighted in an international road assessment project completed in 2017, according to Minister in the… Read more
New road coming to White Hill Barbados Today20/02/20191153 views Residents of White Hill, St Andrew, will soon be getting a new road. Minister of Transport, Works and Maintenance Dr William Duguid today revealed that plans were already underway to… Read more
UPP slams proposed bus fare increases Barbados Today19/02/20191064 views Although the actual percentages are still to be finalized, the United Progressive Party (UPP) is crying shame on the Mia Mottley-led Government for its decision to increase bus fares. In… Read more
UCAL ‘more bus business’ Barbados Today19/02/2019994 views The relationship between the bus service firm founded by ex-Transport Board mechanics and the Government which has bumped along a rocky road almost from its inception is to be fixed… Read more
Taxi business ‘boost’ for Port operators Emmanuel Joseph19/02/2019647 views The perennial cries of Bridgetown taxis over losing an “unfair” share of the market to tour bus operators are to receive Government’s “priority” attention this winter season, Minister of Tourism… Read more
Bus fares ‘could double’ – Duguid Barbados Today18/02/20193966 views Not quite $5 as critics feared – but commuters may soon have to pay as much as $4 for bus fare on public and private transport, Minister of Transport Dr… Read more