Local NewsPolitics Retrenched workers not forgotten by Barbados Today 21/02/2019 written by Barbados Today 2 min read 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 … Continue Reading 21/02/2019 13 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
Local NewsPolitics New road coming to White Hill by Barbados Today 20/02/2019 by Barbados Today 20/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
Local NewsPolitics UPP slams proposed bus fare increases by Barbados Today 19/02/2019 by Barbados Today 19/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
Local NewsPolitics UCAL ‘more bus business’ by Barbados Today 19/02/2019 by Barbados Today 19/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
Local NewsPolitics Taxi business ‘boost’ for Port operators by Emmanuel Joseph 19/02/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 19/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
Local NewsNewsPolitics Bus fares ‘could double’ – Duguid by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 by Barbados Today 18/02/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappThreadsBlueskyEmail
