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Although Member of Parliament (MP) for St George South Dwight Sutherland is celebrating a decade representing the constituency, he is giving the assurance that he has much more to give. He made that promise on Sunday at Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church where he acknowledged his decade as a parliamentarian, which officially began after the February 21, 2013, General Election. “The journey has been difficult but it is only halfway so …

By Shamar Blunt The contracts of nearly 2 000 workers who found employment as part of a National Clean-up Programme almost two years ago will come to an end on March 31 and the news has left many of them worried about how they will support themselves and their families. Despite assurances from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and

The Senate of Barbados passed two Acts during the opening session of its 18th sitting on Wednesday. First was the Crown Land (Vesting and Disposal) Act regarding land at Retreat Six Mens, St Peter in the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTII) and the Companies (Economic Substance) (Amendment) Act 2023. The former will permit approximately 1 298.7 square metres (1 212 square miles of beach up to the high water mark …

By Anesta Henry Residents and business stakeholders at Six Men’s, St Peter and the immediate communities are to benefit from new tourism development. On Tuesday, a resolution to approve the vesting of three parcels of  land at Six Men’s comprising  5 246.4 square metres, in the Barbados Tourism Investment  Inc (BTII) for the purpose of tourism development, was passed in the House

The details surrounding the relocation of White Hill, St Andrew residents, plagued for years by land slippage and uncertain road access, remain a mystery for some of them. They say, they are still to be told how the process will unfold.On Friday when a Barbados TODAY team visited the area, residents said that the information they had so far received was by word-of-mouth and they were yet to see any documentation providing a list of names or explaining details of the process for relocation.One re...

Government is facilitating the training of more than 1 500 people for critical roles in the ongoing construction boom, says Minister of Housing Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland.He said the workers were from the National Housing Corporation (NHC) and Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources and are part of the plan to facilitate the building of 10 000 houses promised by Government.He made the disclosure while giving remarks at a handing over ceremony in Farmers, St Thomas on Wednes...

Some of the squatters living in Rock Hall, St Philip stand to benefit from the partnership between the National Housing Corporation (NHC) and Guyanese manufacturer DuraVilla. Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland said on Wednesday that some of the hardwood prefab houses arriving from Guyana later this month will provide housing solutions for the Rock Hall residents who will be relocated to Concordia Gardens, Dodds, St Philip and other areas.“Rock Hall relocation would s...

More than 200 small contractors and companies have been registered to assemble the 1 000 DuraVilla prefabricated houses which are scheduled to start arriving from Guyana by early next month.General Manager of the state-run National Housing Corporation (NHC) Ian Cupid Gill, who made the disclosure in an interview with Barbados TODAY, said a significant number of the mostly three-bedroom homes have already been allocated.“The process will start with 350 houses and the first set will land toward ...

A delegation from Barbados, led by Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland, attended the XXXI General Assembly of Ministers and High Level Authorities for Housing and Urban Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI

Government is starting to deliver on some of the promised housing solutions for Barbadians. More than 150 Barbadians in the lower and middle income earning brackets will be spending Christmas in their own homes in the Ridge Meadows Development in Christ Church. They are among 200 homeowners who have already invested in the private/public sector project executed by BJ Investments, which will ultimately see 565 houses built on the 75-acre …