An attorney at law has strong concerns about the lone electricity company asking for a rate increase, charging that they were hiding pertinent information about the rate hike. Tricia Watson, a guest on Starcom’s Down To Brass Tacks yesterday, was speaking on the upcoming rate increase hearing and noted that in 2009 the company talked about the inefficiency of the steam plant, the need to retire that it and “were …
Prominent businessman Ralph “Bizzy” Williams said Barbados can be entirely powered by sun, saving the country US$200 million a year. “We are throwing that away now with buying fuel . . . . The sun cost don’t change. Once you invest the money in the alternative energy equipment and so on and install it, that price is fixed. After that the only thing that can change is the price of …
People selling canes and other agricultural products by the roadside may soon have to produce a receipt to allow authorities to trace where they came from. Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir says this is among some of the measures Government will be putting into the new praedial larceny legislation which will soon be coming back to Parliament. He gave the update when he called into Starcom Network’s radio call-in programme …
A rival political party has put a case why the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is deserving of the annual $150 000 subvention for political groups. The reasoning is coming from Bishop Joseph Atherley, former member of the ruling Barbados Labour Party who switched to become Leader of the Opposition after its 30-0 clean sweep in May 2018. The feat was repeated in January 2022 General Election. “I maintain from back …
Frustration continues to mount as the home isolation clearance certificate backlog increases. The issue for many still without clearance certification from the Ministry of Health’s Home Isolation Department is that they are unable to return to work despite spending the required time of at least ten days in isolation. The situation prompted COVID-19 public advisor David Ellis to take to the airwaves yesterday during Starcom Network’s Down To Brass Tacks …