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The kinks which stood in the way of construction of housing solutions out of China, have now been ironed out, says Minister of Housing Dwight Sutherland. He said yesterday the agreement with East-West Solutions (Barbados) Inc. for steel-framed houses is on course to be fulfilled by the end of this financial year. This completion date overshoots the initial expected construction timeframe by close to three years. Sutherland told the Sunday …

The National Housing Corporation (NHC) is undergoing a major restructuring, says Minister of Housing Dwight Sutherland. While giving remarks at a special church service on Sunday to mark the corporation’s 50th anniversary at St Luke’s Anglican Church in St George, Sutherland said that the time had come for the NHC, like other state-owned enterprises, to restructure due to hard financial times. “The

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 …

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is assuring Barbadians that Government is not sitting on its hands when it comes to long overdue road rehabilitation. Speaking at the ground-breaking for the Roadworks Global Project at Carmichael Road, St George, yesterday, she said some roads have been on the cards for repairs for decades, but her administration was intent on addressing the issue. “The truth is that after 2008, this country, because …