Chairman of the National Insurance Board (NIB), Ian Gooding-Edghill, has dismissed as a “malicious” rumour a viral social media message that the National Insurance Scheme’s (NIS) invalidity benefit has been …
Politics
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St Philip North MP Dr Sonia Browne has sought to clarify statements she made yesterday in Parliament on reggae icon Bob Marley and his drug use. Speaking during the debate …
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With just days to go before the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Government celebrates its first year in office, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, says he is more …
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The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has claimed it’s now reached halfway through honouring a staggering backlog of claims, which has been long choking the social security safety net. “I can …
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The illegal trade and use of drugs is extremely costly to Government. In fact, Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson said that between 2009 and 2014 taxpayers had pumped $35 …
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A Government Minister today called for a new “conversation” on drug abuse, including a change to the mindset on the fight against drugs. Minister of Maritime Affairs and Blue Economy …
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Policymakers are lamenting what they consider to be a proliferation of drug use and abuse in Barbados especially among primary and secondary school students. The picture was painted in Parliament …
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Parents who use illegal drugs in front of their children were today condemned by two ministers in Parliament. Minister of Foreign Trade Sandra Husbands declared parental drug use the single …
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Government is to triple the number of immigration kiosks at the Grantley Adams International Airport as the pilot project has yielded limited success in speeding up the border entry process, …
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The man who led the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) campaign in the last elections, which ended in a disastrous 30-0 defeat at the hands of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), …