Senate

Some 3 892 long-term tenants of National Housing Corporation (NHC) units are set to become homeowners under new legislation passed on Wednesday to sweep away years of administrative delays – …

Barbados is confronting a “crisis of elder abandonment”, with growing numbers of older people left in hospitals and care facilities without family support, the health minister warned on Wednesday, as …

The Barbados CARIFTA athletic and swimming teams were formally recognised on Thursday during a brief presentation hosted by the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) at the Wildey Gymnasium.   The event …

In a move that has sent waves of excitement through the entertainment industry, the Soca Monarch competition is officially returning to the Crop Over calendar,  Minister in the Office of …

Opposition Senator Karina Goodridge has raised concerns about the risks of underfunding agriculture, warning that it leaves Barbados vulnerable amid unstable global price shocks.   Goodridge highlighted the issue during …

Independent Senator Andrew Niles has urged the government to overhaul the way it prepares and manages the national budget, warning that persistent gaps between requests and actual spending are exposing …

Opposition Senator Karina Goodridge warned on Friday that proposed legislation to prevent MPs from switching parties could have the unintended effect of stifling internal dissent and empowering political leaders to …

Opposition Senator Ryan Walters on Friday criticised Mia Mottley’s administration for using its parliamentary dominance to push what he described as “self‑serving” constitutional amendments, after the House of Assembly passed …

President Jeffrey Bostic’s last-minute appointment of Karina Goodridge and Ryan Walters as opposition senators has upended political expectations in Barbados, political observers said Friday,  suggesting that the decision was a …