GREATER TRANSPARENCY IN HOW GOVERNMENT OBTAINS GOODS AND SERVICES

A new Public Procurement Bill will be laid in Parliament next month that will lay out how government will obtain goods and services from private entities. Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ryan Straughn, says that departments and state-owned enterprises will be required to publish their procurement plans and the timing of the procurements […]

CHIEF AGRICULTURAL OFFICER APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE PESTICIDES CONTROL BOARD

The government is amending the pesticides control act to more tightly control the availability, distribution and use of dangerous but commonly used chemicals, such as Round-Up, that Agriculture Minister Indar Weir warns have been linked to cancer. Speaking in the House of Assembly, Mr. Weir noted that farmers have been using chemicals widely to clear […]

PRIME MINISTER ISSUES WARNING TO G4S

Prime Minister Mottley has promised to make an example of foreign-owned security company G4S, if necessary, as she announced that talks aimed at resolving a dispute at the company remain deadlocked. She was speaking at Ilaro Court in the early hours of this morning where talks were held with officials of the company and the […]

STRIKE ACTION ON HOLD

Government is seeking a legal opinion into some of the pay practices at G4S security firm. Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, says that though the company has admitted to such practices it wants to continue with them. She was reporting to the media after nearly seven hours of negotiations at Illaro Court involving other government […]