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This is the belief of Dr David Estwick, the former Minister of Economic Affairs, who was speaking during the Democratic Labour Party’s St Peter branch meeting at Mile-And-A-Quarter on Sunday. The topic of discussion was A Crisis Within A Crisis – The Risk of Pensions in Barbados. Estwick raised the alarm over the country’s future retirement prospects, highlighting the worsening dependency ratio and the unpreparedness of both the Government and …
DLP LEADER DISMISSES TALK OF RESIGNATIONS; GENERAL SECRETARY DENIES ‘WALKING AWAY’ FROM PARTY By Emmanuel Joseph A meeting of the General Council of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) reportedly came to a disorderly end on Wednesday night as party hierarchy discussed possible disciplinary action against a member. Subsequent reports suggested that General Secretary Steve Blackett had resigned from the 68-year-old political organisation and
The Mia Mottley-led administration has no intention of relocating Government Headquarters from Bay Street to make way for any tourism project. “This could not be further from the truth,” assured Senior Minister with responsibility for Planning and Infrastructure Dr William Duguid in a statement to the media on Tuesday. He explained that plans for the area included modernising several buildings and expanding
By Jenique Belgrave Former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is not in favor of any plan to relocate Government Headquarters from Bay Street to make room for any future tourism development. He made this clear while speaking on the current administration’s decision to move the Geriatric Hospital on Beckles Road to the Botanical Gardens in Waterford, St Michael. “I passed where we are going
THE Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, announced this month that the island will become a republic by November 30, 2021.