There is nothing wrong with the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE), says educator Jeff Broomes. The problem, he added, was how it was being used. The retired secondary school principal and consultant was one of the guests on Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday radio call-in programme yesterday discussing education reform. “They keep talking about this Class 4 exam but there is nothing wrong with a primary school exit exam. There are exams …
Some farmers are said to be worried about the prices they will be paid for their produce once the agricultural arrangement with Guyana and the proposed food terminal take root. Richard Armstrong of Armag Farms, who was a guest of Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday radio programme yesterday which focused on agriculture, said “so many” individuals and firms have been calling him expressing concerns over the issue. “[They’re] worried about …
Barbadian consumers have been told that they should stand up for their rights as they have the power to bring about price changes. This advice has come from chairman of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), Tammy Bryan. “We as consumers have a lot more power than we think and seem not to appreciate it,” she said, adding that when people felt a particular entity had inflated its prices and the …
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UNITED COMMERCIAL AUTOWORKS LIMITED (UCAL) is hanging on only “by the grace of God”, as it is owed millions of dollars and should have already closed its doors.
This was revealed by general secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union, Toni Moore, who said Government was one of the principal debtors.
“Government has not paid all of its debts owed to UCAL, more than $20 million. Over time, Government reneged on commitments made to UCAL . . . . [It] saw UCAL as an organisation it could pay when it remembered to or when it felt like, so UCAL has not been a success story . . . and will continue to face threats,” she said while a guest on Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday call-in programme over the weekend.