Construction company employees demand severance pay after the firm reportedly goes into receivership.
Dozens of Rotherly Construction employees gathered outside the company’s offices at Proute, St. Thomas this morning to complain that the company which is said to be in receivership is severing them but they don’t know when or whether they will get severance pay. But a union representative said he hoped to get greater clarity […]
A suspicious odour prompts the temporary evacuation of office buildings
What’s suspected to have been a truck carrying cargo that emitted a strong gas like smell created a big scare this morning causing office buildings to be evacuated along a stretch from Welches, St. Thomas to Warrens and Haggatt Hall in St. Michael, with workers at each location fearing there was a gas leak…the fire […]
Government makes major changes to the estimates debate
Government is making significant changes to how the upcoming estimates debate will be conducted to allow ministers to be grilled by their colleagues about the specifics about how money is to be allocated. This has been disclosed by Attorney General, Dale Marshall, as he led off debate in the House of Assembly on a resolution […]
P.M. Mottley announces more efforts to speed up the judicial process.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced significant changes coming to the judicial system in the coming financial year to speed up criminal cases and commercial claims. Miss Mottley was speaking as the House of Assembly debated a plan to change the standing orders of the house to allow for ministers and their technocrats […]