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PM Mottley pays tribute to former MP Leroy Sisnett Article by December 28, 2020 Former Member of Parliament and Barbados Labour Party politician Leroy Sisnett has passed away. Prime Minister Mia Mottley this evening described  Mr Sisnett as a ” national personality”. Below is the full text of her statement:   I am indeed saddened tonight to learn of the passing of party stalwart, friend and former Member of Parliament for the constituency I now represent, Leroy Laurisford Sisnett, at the age of 79.   Leroy was indeed a national personality, with a voice that for dec...

Article by Social Share UNITED COMMERCIAL AUTOWORKS LIMITED (UCAL) is hanging on only “by the grace of God”, as it is owed millions of dollars and should have already closed its doors. This was revealed by general secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union, Toni Moore, who said Government was one of the principal debtors. “Government has not paid all of its debts owed to UCAL, more than $20 million. Over time, Government reneged on commitments made to UCAL . . . . [It] saw UCAL as an organisation it could pay when it remembered to or when it felt like, so UCAL has not been a succe...

Article by Social Share THE DOOR has not been closed on an eventual reunion of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB). The BWU seceded CTUSAB in 2013, with then general secretary Sir Roy Trotman outlining several reasons why the decision was made, one notably being what he said was a move to prevent the BWU from representing Barbados at the International Labour Organisation session in Geneva, Switzerland. Moore said she did not want to rehash the “ugly stuff” of the past but acknowledged unions were at their s...

Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs. (BIS PHOTOS) BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — General Manager of the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs has been appointed vice president of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) with effect from December 9, 2020. Deveaux-Isaacs was elected by the board at its monthly meeting to fill a vacancy created when Amalia Mai of Great Belize Production demitted office recently. She has been a member of the board for over three years and her BCB organization which operates ZNS Radio and Television has been a member of the CBU for almost thre...

Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs Bridgetown, Barbados -  The General Manager of the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas, BCB, Mrs. Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs has been appointed Vice President of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, CBU, with effect from December 9, 2020.  She was elected by the Board at its monthly meeting to fill a vacancy created when Mrs. Amalia Mai of Great Belize Production demitted office recently. Mrs. Deveaux-Isaacs has been a member of the Board for over three years now and her BCB organisation which operates ZNS Radio and Television has been a member of the CBU...