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Closer look - Barbados Today

A new commission has been created to review the current structure and function of Parliament, with a mandate to provide recommendations on how the governing body could be transformed to better suit the country’s needs.This announcement was made by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Dale Marshall during a post-Cabinet press briefing on Friday at Ilaro Court.Marshall told media personnel that the new Parliamentary Reform Commission (PRC) has the singular focus of examining Parliament as it presently stands, and determining what changes could be implemented to make it better.“This Parliamentary Reform Commission is not being established for the purpose of looking into terms and conditions of parliamentarians, that is not what it is about. It may consider those issues but this is to review what Parliament is, how it functions, whether or not it can be better made up, whether or not we should have an Upper House or a Lower House, whether or not we should have parliamentarian

Tourism earnings under threat by climate change

Barbados and the region face the chilling reality that in 20 years, a substantial portion of tourism revenues will be funding the cost of addressing the impact of climate change.This concern was raised by Barbados’ Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with Responsibility for Climate Change, Small Island Developing States and Law of the Sea, Senator Elizabeth Thompson, who said that the Caribbean tourism sector earns $24 billion annually, contributing a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution of between 17 to 90 per cent across the islands.The ambassador said the tourism sector is responsible for 40 per cent of the job market in the region and that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is projecting that by 2050 the cost of addressing climate impacts for tourism will amount to US$22 million.Senator Thompson presented this analysis on the impact of climate change on the country’s bread and butter industry in remarks to the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) 2nd Visit

BLP has returned to its roots - Barbados Today

BLP has returned to its roots - Barbados Today
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Minister Caddle seeking move from discussion to action –

Minister Caddle seeking move from discussion to action –
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Commissioner calls on Bajans to report breaches

Social Share Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith is calling on Barbadians to play their part in reducing breaches of the COVID-19 directives. During Thursday’s update and media conference, he asked members of the public to report any breaches they might be aware of. “I am asking and I am appealing to members of the public to adhere strictly to the protocols. I am also going to ask that members of the public, civic minded Barbadians call in instances of breaches that they experience or hear of to the police so we can take strong action in relation to those matters,” Griffith said.

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