Local NewsPolitics Online gazetting to ‘speed up lawmaking’ by Barbados Today 07/03/2019 written by Barbados Today 2 min read Proposed changes to the Interpretation Act will speed up the legislative process, Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Public Affairs Senator Lucille Moe has promised, as the Government’s official newspaper heads … Continue Reading 07/03/2019 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics ’Sales tax instead of online VAT’, urges Drakes by Barbados Today 07/03/2019 by Barbados Today 07/03/2019 Describing the Value Added Tax (VAT) as “regressive”, Opposition Senator Crystal Drakes has suggested that a sales tax on online transactions would be more appropriate. And citing a difficulty in … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics Austerity measures impacting schools’ maintenance by Barbados Today 05/03/2019 by Barbados Today 05/03/2019 Layoffs have severely affected the Ministry of Education’s ability to provide proper maintenance to primary schools across the island. Minister of Education and Technological and Vocational Training Santia Bradshaw made … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNewsPolitics Stop the blame game, DLP tells PM by Barbados Today 24/02/2019 by Barbados Today 24/02/2019 The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has called on Prime Minister Mia Mottley to stop the blame game and buckle down to the task of administering the affairs of the country. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNewsPolitics Barbados, China agree to deepen cooperation by Barbados Today 23/02/2019 by Barbados Today 23/02/2019 Barbados and the People’s Republic of China agreed on Thursday to expand and deepen relations, as the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on the implementation of the Belt … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics Retrenched workers not forgotten by Barbados Today 21/02/2019 by Barbados Today 21/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics South coast hotels eyed for investment conference by Emmanuel Joseph 21/02/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 21/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics Forde gives transportation service integration project thumbs down by Marlon Madden 21/02/2019 by Marlon Madden 21/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics Government lose millions in chip-based ID cards – Senator by Marlon Madden 20/02/2019 by Marlon Madden 20/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics Bad roads across Barbados by Barbados Today 20/02/2019 by Barbados Today 20/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
