A new reservoir is to be constructed at Balls Plantation in Christ Church. The House of Assembly yesterday approved a resolution that will allow Government to acquire 40 932 square feet of land to build a 1.5 million gallon capacity reservoir which will support the existing Rising Sun reservoir in Christ Church. Senior Minister Dr William Duguid, who introduced the resolution, said the project, which is expected to take five …
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As the national cleanup campaign continues to reduce the volume of volcano ash across Barbados, a team from the Ministry of Transport, Works and Maintenance was deployed along Fontabelle, St Michael, on Wednesday.
The campaign is being coordinated via this ministry and is headed by Minister Dr William Duguid.
Some of the team were on foot piling and scraping up the ash, while others operated the heavy machinery to rid the streets of the tiny particles which have become a nuisance and pose a challenge while driving.
Meanwhile, a release from the Ministry urged property owners and householders to refrain from sweeping, washing or placing volcanic ash into drains or suckwells as this can impact negatively and result in flooding during heavy rains.
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Hundreds of Barbadians who purchased Government units or paid deposits many years ago, have started to receive refunds.
Minister of Housing and Lands Dr William Duguid confirmed yesterday that the funds, which were being given in cash and bonds, were made available from the end of last month.
He said he was pleased Government was in a position to rectify a wrong situation.
“These are people who would have paid for houses but never got conveyance, but would have qualified by virtue of being in them for 20 years.”
In December the minister announced that 576 tenants from 21 of Government’s 49 housing estates would be refunded to correct what he described as “unfair” act and an anomaly. He explained that some tenants got their units free of charge under the previous Democratic Labour Party administration, while the others paid towards theirs.