By Jenique Belgrave
President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Dr. Ronnie Yearwood is urging the government to offer leasehold arrangements on properties slated for development projects rather than allowing these to be sold outright to foreign investors.
“Once you sell it once, you cannot sell it again, it will be gone. My view is that all of these properties should be
It was a drug buy that went sour and it ended with Jamario Akeem Warren shooting a man and being shot himself. Warren, 30, of Parish Land, Christ Church, was in the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday where he admitted he used a firearm without a licence to do so; that he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Robert Jamal Walcott; that he used unlawful violence and his conduct would cause people …
More than 15 young boys benefited from a back to school initiative conceptualised by community activist and Justice of the Peace Janal Browne.
On Saturday Browne organised for a number of youngsters to get free haircuts at a barbershop in Sayes Court, Christ Church.
“This initiative is part of my Operation Ceasefire programme. Understanding that a number of parents are experiencing financial
Some 50 children received Christmas gifts from Justice of Peace Janal Browne as part of his Operation Ceasefire programme today.
Children ages two and up from communities in Christ Church South including Sayers Court, Parish Land and Silver Sands got toys ranging from dolls and footballs to play trucks and more.
Browne said he wanted to bring cheer to families.
“For years it
A private-public partnership is needed to fulfill Government’s ambitious goal of building 10 000 houses over the next five years.Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland said this was why the Mia Mottley-led administration has been creating an enabling environment for the private sector to build more than half those houses.Speaking to the media following Wednesday’s tour of Ridge Meadows in Christ Church where B.J Investments Limited has been providing homeownership opportunities for 565 Barbados families, Sutherland stressed that Government was on a mission with its housing revolution.Noting that 1 400 houses will be built by the end of the financial year through the private-public partnerships, the Minister explained that in addition to the houses at Ridge Meadows, B.J Investments was designing another 400-unit affordable income community at Lancaster, St James.