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Crop producers across Barbados are coming together to form a national farming group to make a stand against new water rates. This was the main development coming out of a meeting of close to 25 upset farmers at the Wildey Gymnasium on Wednesday night. Farmers who lease land from the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) or receive BADMC water attended the more than two-hour meeting. They come from …

No structures in Pine Basin removed, says ministry Article by May 15, 2021 The Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) has flatly refuted allegations that its employees have been uprooting housing materials and fruit trees on land occupied by a Rastafari family in the Pine Basin, St Michael. In a release on Friday, the ministry revealed that they were clearing a watercourse directly behind the ministry’s headquarters as part of the Government’s flood mitigation programme o...

We must state upfront we do not condone illegal squatting. But we understand how and why people, ofttimes encouraged by politicians, find themselves in this precarious situation.Successive governments have failed to provide low-income housing at the same pace as the demand. While we have a history of living in extended families, the feeling of independence becomes crucial especially as our citizenry seek to build their own families.Earlier this year during the Estimates debate, former Minister o...

May 12, 2021 A local member of the Rastafarian community is blasting an apparent Government move to bulldoze, without warning, the place he has called home for more than 30 years. And the recent action has led the Rastafari community to call into question the administration’s stated commitment to honour the rights of the local Rastafari community. Charles Ijuijah Lashley is challenging a decision from the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) to demolish dozens of trees and a small ...