Budget

For the third consecutive year, the budget was presented shortly after the estimates and with the country in an economic adjustment programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At the …

In a marathon budget reply, thought to be the longest in living memory, stretching over two sittings of the House of Assembly, the sole opposition voice delivered a scathing critique …

The Barbados opposition leader says he has no regrets about crossing the floor of Parliament 13 months ago and leaving the ruling Barbados Labour Party. However, he claimed to have …

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has sharply criticised the government’s move to abolish the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination – commonly known as the common entrance or 11-plus exam – demanding …

Opposition leader Ralph Thorne has condemned the government’s land-use strategy, accusing it of prioritising housing developments at the expense of farming and proceeding with major projects without adequate public consultation. …

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has challenged Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds to declare Barbados’ stance on the United States’ injunction against …

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne on Tuesday blasted the government’s approach to crime, accusing it of shifting the responsibility for crime-fighting on to the public. During his budget response in Parliament …

Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne has accused the government of misleading Barbadians by presenting inflation-driven price rises as genuine economic growth, alleging that the administration is distorting economic data …

In a scathing critique, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has condemned the government’s plan to seize up to half of unclaimed and dormant bank accounts warning that this move could set …