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Barbados is continually improving legislation governing the international business sector in an effort to meet international standards. The latest legislative amendment gives legal authority to how data is transferred between the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) and international entities operating here. This was outlined by Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Business Development, Sandra Husbands, as she piloted an

The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is reportedly asking the Government for an 11 per cent salary hike for public servants, but the Mia Mottley administration is said to have countered with an increase of just two per cent,  The union’s executive is said to have made that disclosure to members during a three-hour meeting at the NUPW’s Dalkeith, St

Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Bertie Hinds says the outlook for the local criminal justice process does not augur well for Barbados.          Sharing an excerpt from his soon-to-be-published book - Criminal Justice and the Police: Some Contemporary Perspectives, a handbook for the constabulary and its Publics - Hinds summed up the process as one that is under

By Marlon Madden Nonsensical, is how Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Renee Coppin has described plans for a marina in the St Lawrence Gap area. Coppin, who operates a hotel in the vicinity, told a meeting earlier this week that she believed there were several other areas across the island where the planned development could take place. Questioning why

Two local charities recently benefitted from a giveback initiative by the Allied Masonic Degrees District of South and East Caribbean. Earlier this week, the Right Worshipful District Grand Prefect of the Order Richard Mayers and District Grand Director of Ceremonies Maurice Gaskin donated produce and money to assist the Salvation Army and Slow Food Kitchen in their charitable work which includes