Barbados Concerned About High Food Import Bill

A senior government official is concerned about Barbados‘s high food import bill, stressing that every effort will be made to boost local agricultural production.

Owen Says IMF Hand In (2010)Budget

Opposition Leader, Owen Arthur has described the 2010 Budget as a recipe for personal hardships and economic chaos in Barbados.

Budget 2010 – Hike In Passports, Immigration Fees & VAT

Government is seeking to rake in an additional $4 million in revenue from the Immigration Department this financial year.

Barbadians Mourn The Loss Of Prime Minister David Thompson

Barbadians awoke to hear of the death of the Hon Prime Minister, David Thompson. The news spread like wild fire as phones kept ringing across households informing persons of the dreadful news. The PM died in the early hours of this morning.

The Hon. Freundel Stuart is the new Prime Minister of Barbados. He will be sworn in shortly today by Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands.

Our condolences to his wife, three daughtres, parents and extended family.

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Barbados has been plunged into mourning with the death of Prime Minister David Thompson. He died this morning at 2:10. According to reports, he died at his home in Mapps, St Philip with his family by his side.

Thompson served as Prime Minister of Barbados from January 2008 when the Democratic Labour Party won the government. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September.

It was during May that Thompson, accompanied by his personal physician Dr Richard Ishmael, announced to Barbadians that he was not well and was seeking medical attention.

On September 30 Thompson gave his last address to the nation, where he also announced a Cabinet reshuffle.

Thompson, 48, leaves to mourn his wife Mara and three daughters.

Tributes have already started to pour in.

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Will Barbados’ DLP Go The Way Of The PNP?

Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados has reshuffled his Cabinet in a manner that clearly indicates whom he thinks is the best person to succeed him.

B’dos PM Thompson Reshuffles Cabinet

Fellow Barbadians, residents, friends and well wishers –

I am honored to be spared this opportunity as your leader to renew our special relationship and update you on our partnership to build a better democracy and a better Barbados. I assure you that working together we can uphold each other and build a glorious legacy for our children.

DLP Seeks IDB Help In Shaking Up Ministry Of Agriculture

Coming on the heels of a previous digital article where it was stated the Minister of Agriculture Haynesley Benn “is operating in an environment in which people had a particular way of carrying out operations, and are not perpared to change”

Complication Force PM Thompson To NY

Barbadians should know the details surrounding the Prime Minister David Thompson’s ailing health next week.

PM Thompson Back At The Helm

Prime Minister David Thompson is calling the shots again. As of today Freundel Stuart is Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs once more and Adriel Brathwaite is no longer in Cabinet.

The Blind Leading The Blind? Who is Leading The Ministry Of Finance?

A dagger of immense proportions was driven through the heart of our Constitutional arrangements last Thursday night, when for close on 90 minutes of prime time television, Senator Darcy Boyce, and as such, an unelected member of Parliament, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, lead spoke to the country on matters of finance!

Mottley: Why IMF Terms Secrecy?

Opposition Leader Mia Mottley wants to know why the fact that Barbados will not earn a loan from the World Bank unless it enters into an International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement was hidden from the entire population until Thursday night.

Barbados Economy On Right Path

No stimulus package. No budget.

Owen Baffled

Why are vital sectors such as energy, international business and sugar still in the hands of Senator Darcy Boyce?

PM Thompson To Take Time Off

Prime Minister David Thompson will be taking two months leave from his national responsibilities and could be heading for major surgery.

BDS Dollar Devaluation Near??? Is Pressure Cooker Lid About To Be Blown Skyhigh?

A quick overview of the Barbadian economy with its hight debt in ratio to its GPD (gross domestic product – what a country owes & what its produces) by the blogger  over  at Brance Space, is a receipt for disaster unless Barbados change course and change course fast.

PM David Thompson Not Well

Prime Minister David Thompson is ailing and in recent weeks, has undergone tests in Barbados and New York to identify the cause of the illness.

Mexico Drug Cartels Migrates To Caribbean

Caribbean leaders told U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday that Mexico’s U.S.-backed crackdown on drugs was pushing cartels to step up smuggling through their island nations.

No Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Drugs Found Here – Donville Inniss

No counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs have officially been found in Barbados, in recent years.

BLP Saddles Barbadians With $700m-1000 Person Prison Debt For 30 Years

A fired up Prime Minister David Thompson tored into the Barbados Labour Party on a “unholy mess” situation yesterday afternoon in the House of Assembly during a 90 min wrap-up debate on the 3rd  day of the 2010 Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue.

Tom’s Son Rawdon Adams Have His Say On PM Thompson’s Policies

The the fifth memorial lecture was delivered by Rawdon Adams (son of the late Tom Adams) on the 11th March 2010 at the Grand Salle of the Tom Adams Financial Centre.