The Barbados Consumer Empowerment Network (BCENe) has taken issue with how the country’s main power supplier, the Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&PC), is going about seeking an increase in rates.
The Fair Trading Commision (FTC) panel presiding over the Barbados Light and Power Company’s rate hearing adjourned to consider a re-submission of the motion from the Office of the Public Counsel for a stay in the hearings. In the opening session on the second day of the hearings, intervenors as well as the legal team for the applicant argued the motion, with the intervenors unanimously agreeing that the Public Counsel …
The Fair Trading Commission dismissed an attempt to adjourn the electricity rate hearing, with the proceedings scheduled to resume on Thursday. When the hearing started on Wednesday at the Accra Beach Hotel, the Barbados Associtation of Retired Persons (BARP), represented by the Office of Public Counsel, argued that it needed more time to prepare its intervention against the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited’s (BL&PC) rate application. This was because …
Small business owners have been advised to get comfortable with the terms “cryptocurrency”, “metaverse” and “block chain”. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Business Development Sandra Husbands said following the COVID-19 pandemic, technology had become the heartbeat of businesses. “There is no denying that the pandemic exposed companies and entire industries that really weren’t resilient or agile enough to adapt to the rapid changes in the …
As the nation’s pupils prepare to return to face-to-face schooling this coming Monday, the cries of parents complaining over the cost of books and school supplies appeared to be louder than in previous years. The Weekend Nation heard the plight of many parents on Thursday during a visit to Bridgetown, the main shopping area for back-to-school supplies in the island. The high prices of some books are causing parents to …