BUT Wants Meeting With Education Ministry Before School Starts.
… Schools resume classes next week after the Christmas break but President of the Barbados Union of Teachers Rudy Lovell wants talks with the education ministry between now and then on a range of concerns. A key issue is the long-running environmental problems at the Lawrence T. Gay Primary School and security at schools generally. […]
Government to Commence Phased Exit from Sugar Sector
The 2023 Barbados sugar harvest that commences next month will be the last crop that government fully subsidizes. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir, tells Starcom Network News that government’s phased withdrawal from the sector commences in April, the start of the new financial year. Mr. Weir notes that government has been […]