There has been a shakeup of the Board at the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) and a new one is expected to be named soon.Barbados TODAY investigations indicate that the Board was replaced by Cabinet last Thursday.A source close to the situation told Barbados TODAY an email was circulated on December 20, 2022, indicating that the Board, formerly chaired by Stevon Roberts had been dissolved.However, the source said by that time almost the entire Board had resigned.Two insurance executives are tipped to lead the new Board.David Wright, a Director of Sagicor Life, is reported to become the new chairman while Dodridge Miller, president and chief executive officer of Sagicor Financial Corporation Limited, is said to have been chosen for the position of deputy chairman.
Thirty-two newly sworn-in Justices of Peace (JPs) were sternly warned not to exploit their new role by President Dame Sandra Mason on Monday.
During the swearing in ceremony at State House, President Dame Mason stated that the JPs have made
With no cruise ships scheduled to dock in Barbados before October, taxi operators at the Bridgetown Port are anticipating a “grim” summer, with some even facing the prospect of losing their vehicles to the banks. This was the worrying picture painted by president of the Independent Seaport Taxi Union, Anthony Eastmond and Stevon Roberts, a member of the Bridgetown Port Taxi Co-op, in an interview with the MIDWEEK NATION. “Coming …
More than 30 000 Barbados Water Authority (BWA) customers are expected to suffer “heavy” disruption in their supply over the next two days, but BWA general manager Keithroy Halliday says this is unavoidable as urgent repairs are needed at the Belle Pumping Station, which provides about a third of the country’s drinking water. With businesses in and around Bridgetown among those to be heavily impacted, even a plea by the …
Businesses and householders owe the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) $90 million collectively in arrears. And chairman Stevon Roberts told the Saturday Sun that a team had been mobilised to collect the outstanding monies, particularly from delinquent business operators. In a telephone interview Thursday, Roberts said he did not intend to name and shame anyone, adding: “The people who owe the Barbados Water Authority know who they are. “I have assembled …