Politics

For the first time in generations, Barbados is set to overhaul its parliamentary structure by allowing the Speaker of the House of Assembly to be elected from outside the chamber …

The government on Tuesday introduced three historic constitutional amendments to Parliament, including widening constituency size variation, electing the Speaker from outside the House of Assembly, and increasing ministers’ speaking rights …

Attorney General Dale Marshall insisted that the government’s proposed parliamentary reforms are essential to modernise Parliament and strengthen democratic practice, despite opposition criticism over the timing of the changes. On …

Prime Minister Mia Mottley warned on Tuesday that without legislative adjustments to constituency ratio limits, drastic changes to electoral boundaries will be unavoidable, rendering many existing constituencies “unrecognisable”, as she …

The Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) is preparing to remove 8 291 names from the national register of electors as part of a major clean-up following Barbados’ first full enumeration …

Political economist Dr William Chandler has entered the contest to become the Barbados Labour Party’s candidate for St Thomas, intensifying a fast-evolving race triggered by the retirement of long-standing MP …

Barbados and other small states are being asked to shoulder an outsized share of the pressure created by shifting global tax standards, Opposition Senator Andre Worrell warned, as lawmakers moved …

The opposition on Tuesday intensified calls for the government to honour its 2018 promise to cut the 17.5 per cent Value Added Tax rate, set almost 15 years ago, accusing …

Barbados has found itself caught between opposing stances of the United States and the rest of the industrial world over the global minimum tax of 15 per cent on multinational …