Taximen welcome stimulus
Article by March 5, 2021
Today the 170 members of the Bridgetown Port Co-op Taxi Society Ltd received their promised financial assistance for the first two weeks of lockdown in February.
An elated President of the association Adrian Bayley told
Barbados TODAY the cheques for $500 each were handed over to members just outside the Bridgetown Port.
Explaining that many of the taxi operators did not have a bank account, Bayley said the association had collected the names of the members and passed the information to the Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Pointing out that most taxi drivers were now operating at about 15 per cent of what they were doing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bayley said they were extremely grateful for the assistance.