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Member of Parliament for the City of Bridgetown Corey Lane is fighting to ensure that residents of his constituency benefit from as many job opportunities from the upcoming capital works projects. He also wants to ensure that there is no gentrification when projects such as the Hyatt Ziva Hotel and the Pierhead Project begin. Lane is hoping to meet with chief executive officer of the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTII) …
We wonder how many Barbadians who flocked to the Pierhead, Bridgetown branch of Massy Stores last weekend, realised that they were witnessing what could be the beginning of one of the most consequential developments in the island’s recent history?The closure of the consumer goods store, which has its origins with the defunct Manning, Wilkinson and Challenor store some 80 years ago, is now making way for the realisation of the long-mooted Pierhead Development Project.The Pierhead Project, as it was referred to, was billed as the development of developments. It was an ambitious and transformat...
Bridgetown’s glimmer of hope Article by June 4, 2021 A prominent Bridgetown businessman is still holding out hope for a revival of The City even as more enterprises abandon the island’s capital. With hardly a tourist in sight, fewer shoppers with the kind of disposable income who can be enticed into spending and owners continuing to shut shop, Eddy Abed, former president of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), admits the situation is bad. However, the owner of Abeds Stores told Barbados TODAY, there were signs the situation could improve, though margina...