Gov’t stamping out undesirable labour practices by companies with state contracts Barbados Today16/03/20230170 views The Mia Mottley administration is revisiting a 71-year-old labour law to deal with the undesirable employment practices of companies executing government contracts. Prime Minister Mottley, in her Budget speech on… Read more
PM calls out BLPC, FTC Barbados Today16/03/20230109 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has made it clear that she will not allow Barbadians to become “tenants in their own land”, as she accused the island’s sole electricity utility company… Read more
GOVERNMENT’S PLAN Barbados Today15/03/20230313 views KEY FISCAL MEASURES 1. Reduction in the principal owed to the Barbados Water Authority and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by 25%, conditioned on full payment of outstanding debts between March… Read more
Longer tax break for purchasers of ‘cleaner’ vehicles Barbados Today15/03/20230527 views A year before it is scheduled to come to an end, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced that the Excise Tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) holiday on electric vehicles… Read more
Fashion industry to get $2 million injection Barbados Today15/03/20230179 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley is convinced that Barbados is sitting on a gold mine in the form of the fashion industry and to this end, she said her administration will… Read more
Construction boom coming Barbados Today15/03/20230270 views During Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s 2023 Budgetary Proposals in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, she announced the assignment of funding for several departments and projects. Among them were:… Read more
Tax ease Marlon Madden15/03/20230177 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced a reduction in fees associated with travel within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for a six-month period starting July 1, 2023. This move to reduce… Read more
Gov’t takes action to stop bleeding of tax revenue Barbados Today15/03/20230170 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced a crackdown on the “misuse and abuse” of duty-free shopping and breaches of tax concession rules that have resulted in millions of dollars in… Read more
Offer to cut BWA, QEH arrears if paid by September Barbados Today15/03/20230216 views Barbados Water Authority (BWA) customers who owe the state-owned corporation and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) have been given a chance by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley to cut their… Read more
Walters has two wishes ahead of the Budget Barbados Today14/03/20230239 views Politician Ryan Walters is hoping the Government makes good on two deliverables when Prime Minister Mia Mottley presents her Budgetary Proposal and Financial Statement 2023 on Tuesday. In a video… Read more