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According to the media report there is a high risk that these entities may require unbudgeted subventions during fiscal year 2024/25. Despite over 11 million dollars being allocated in supplementaries for these entities at the close of the last financial year. The cancelled plan for the House to meet on a Saturday to vote additional…
Dealing with Barbadians who become a “nuisance” by leaving noisy kites flying all night is just the start, Attorney General Dale Marshall warned Tuesday. He also served notice that Government was “concluding the work on the legislation which is intended to compel individuals to clean up their properties”, and also intended to ultimately tackle noise pollution in a comprehensive way. Marshall was speaking as the House of Assembly debated and …
Tourism is leading the way as the Barbados economy continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes reported in his third quarter economic review that the economy grew by 10.1 per cent in the first nine months of this year, including 9.8 per cent growth between July and September alone. The forecast is for the economy to grow by 10 per cent this year overall, followed …
Intervenor Tricia Watson has failed in an effort to have a NATION newspaper article accepted as evidence in the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) electricity rate hearing. On day 11 of the proceedings of the Accra Beach Hotel on Wednesday, the attorney sought to question a Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) asset management witness panel on an October 2013 article. In the story, Sarah MacDonald, the then head of …
Nearly three years after the country was crippled by two consecutive days of island-wide power outages, Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) says it is focused on delivering a more reliable service. This was specifically in relation to the generation of power and the way it was transmitted and distributed, BL&P director of asset management Rohan Seale testified at the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) hearing considering the company’s application …