This week Barbadians were treated with the news that the government released five million dollars to the account of the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) to settle income tax returns. And that an additional five million dollars will be disbursed in the coming days. If public comment is to be believed, outstanding returns go back many years. Clearly the government- like
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There is the saying that there is nothing new under the sun. One aspect of the CL Financial (CLICO) saga Barbadians can learn from is to critique how the Integrity Commission has performed its role given the clamour to impose transparency legislation in Barbados. Citizen Advocate Afra Raymond shares the view that the Integrity Commission failed to discharge its duties
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AS BARBADOS remains in a state of governmental stasis and political limbo, yet another national facility / institution has broken down — the Supreme Court and Registry of Barbados. Our broken down Supreme Court and Registry joins a long list of national facilities and institutions that have “broken down” in one way or another over the ten year reign of
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We were told that if we wanted the youth vote, that we must agree to legalise marijuana for recreational use. Well, Solutions Barbados policies will significantly benefit the youth of Barbados. However, while we plan to allow non-addictive extracts to be prescribed by doctors for medicinal uses, recreational use of marijuana is another question. In a Solutions Barbados administration, using
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Hours after the Windrush story broke the UK Prime Minister May has been forced into damage control mode to apologize to Black leaders. Is this the opportune moment to force the reparations issue? Here is a link to The Sun newspaper article – Windrush generation – when did the children arrive, are they in the UK illegally and how many
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Virgin Money together with Virgin Atlantic has recently launched two new credit cards which could significantly add benefit to our UK based visitors and encourage more people to travel to the Caribbean. There is a choice, between an annual fee-free Virgin Atlantic Reward card, or a GB Pounds 160 per year Virgin Atlantic Reward + credit card. Both MasterCard branded
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The idea to hatch a Thompson dynasty in the St. John constituency by the late prime minister David Thompson at the behest of his political advisor Hartley Henry ended in failure last week. The last representative for the St. John riding Mara Thompson announced her retirement from elective politics last week and took the opportunity to anoint George Pilgrim who
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