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Senate recognises OECD’s shifting compliance demands Article by The Senate on Friday approved amendments to the Companies Act to further ensure businesses operating here are in compliance with the requirements of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) ‘moving goal posts’. Three senators, Lisa Cummins, Caswell Franklyn, and Kevin Boyce, all spoke of shifting targets in this latest OECD prerequisite for changes in legislation as the island continues to adapt to escape financial blacklisting. Noting that Barbados already has legislation governing bu...

14 employees fired after internal investigations December 17, 2020 | 3:11 am December 18, 2020 The number of suspected child abuse or neglect cases involving Montgomery County Public Schools employees, contractors and volunteers was down last year, according to a new report from the school district. In Fiscal Year 2020, there were 270 cases of alleged abuse or neglect reported to Child Protective Services or local police involving MCPS employees, contractors and volunteers, resulting in the termination of 14 employees, according to the district’s report, which is released annually. The yea...

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services in Blantyre on Sunday December 13, 2020 deported a Nigerian national for contravening Immigration permit conditions. The Nigerian whose name is Anaele Diala Iroh was a holder of an Immigration permit in the name of Temporary Employment Permit (TEP), allowing him to lawfully reside in Malawi. Upon expiry of the said permit, he failed to renew it and at same time failed to return to his home country, subjecting himself to be an irregular immigrant in Malawi for contravening Section 21(1) of the Immigration Act of the Laws of Malawi. He was ...