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Gov't clears air on NIS payments for short-term contract workers

Gov't clears air on NIS payments for short-term contract workers
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#BTEditorial - The tale of digital ID card bungling by both Bees and Dees

#BTEditorial - The tale of digital ID card bungling by both Bees and Dees
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DLP to Mottley: Tell us of benefits

The Democratic Labour Party wants to know how much Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s trips are costing the taxpayers of Barbados and what benefits they can expect from them. Vice-president Paul Gibson, who was speaking on Starcom Network’s Down To Brasstacks on Monday, also expressed concern about the large contingents accompanying Mottley. “The question is, what value we are getting back from some of these trips? We would like to know … ....

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Minister finally reveals cost of new Trident ID

The new Trident identification card is costing just over $10 million.And, Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology (MIST), Davidson Ishmael has given the assurance that the new digital card is more than worth the cost.The long-awaited figure was finally revealed today by Ishmael during a press conference at his ministry’s headquarters, where he apologised to the country for the time it had taken him to make the final figure public.The minister had come under fire in August when as a guest on popular radio programme Down To BrassTacks he was unable to say, when asked, how much Government was spending to implement the new ID cards.“Firstly, let me apologize for the length of time that it has taken for me to return to the public on this matter. When it was first raised, I indicated that I did not have the details to hand on that occasion given the wide scope of the project…The Government is and has always been committed to transparency and accountability and equally, ....

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#BTEditorial - Sandals did well but what of our eye care programme?

We reported last week on the success of the Sandals Foundation initiative in partnership with the iCARE team which saw hundreds of Barbadians lining up to take advantage of the free eye care on offer.They got their eyes tested and glasses provided free of charge through Great Shape Inc.In some instances, persons who turned up at 6 a.m. for the 8:30 a.m. opening found that they were late as others had arrived in the wee hours of the morning – from as early as 2 a.m.One of our letter writers this week made an observation that we find very telling. The author wrote in part: “I was one of the many who lined up for hours to get their eyes checked at the health initiative recently organised by Sandals. Kudos to the resort for its timely outreach for the benefit of persons who might be having issues with their vision.“But it was not lost on me that many of the people there could have been there as a result of inadequate care and attention from medical personnel at home. I am speaking fr ....

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