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Retired actuary Charles Herbert has raised an alarm over the major decline in the number of people contributing to the National Insurance (NIS), as he questioned Government’s rationale for continuing to pay non-contributory pensions.“I don’t really understand the room for non-contributory pension. That doesn’t seem to be accountable to the public,” he said on Tuesday night during an Institute of Chartered Account of Barbados (ICAB) webinar on Our NIS - The Way Forward.The latest review of the NIS showed that the number of employees plus self-employed contributors to the scheme had fa...

Prime Minister Mia Mottley wants to see Speightstown become the centre of arts and heritage in the region.She made her intentions known at the official reopening of Archer’s Hall Design Centre Inc. in Speightstown, St Peter on Wednesday evening, almost two years after the establishment was extensively damaged by a fire at a neighbouring business.Mottley said Government had embarked on several projects aimed at enhancing “this small quaint town that really ought to be the centre of arts and heritage not just in Barbados but, I’d like to suggest, in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean area�...

Parliament should soon be considering legislation aimed at bringing much needed assistance to people with disabilities.This promise was made by Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, during an open day for Camp Reach at the National Disabilities Unit on Wednesday.Speaking to the media at the camp, where 25 disabled children are being hosted during the summer break, the minister said that the advisory board tasked with outlining ways to improve the lives of disabled persons on the island was at an advanced stage with its work.“As you know we would have launched an ad...

Attorney Ernest Winston Jackman who was convicted of stealing and using over half a million dollars of a client’s money says he is “embarrassed and ashamed” to be appearing before the law court in this “capacity and position”.The 67-year-old St Philip resident made the declaration as he addressed Madam Justice Pamela Beckles on Monday.Jackman has been on remand at Dodds prison since May 31 after being found guilty by a jury of stealing $678 414.75 from HEJ Limited between June 23, 2006 and March 5, 2007.He was also convicted of engaging in money laundering by disposing of the sum bet...

Chairman of the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) retired Justice Christopher Blackman has blasted some lawyers for their lethargy which has delayed the work of the ERT.However, Justice Blackman has given the assurance that the unavailability of those lawyers had not stopped the tribunal’s work , which has centred around case management.He told Barbados TODAY the tribunal had been meeting via Zoom, hearing matters as recently as this week.But he complained that certain attorneys were stalling the progress.“A lot of cases are being done currently by what you call being case managed. The hear...