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GUEST COLUMN: Cabinet’s next reshuffle?

PRIOR TO the tragic loss of innocent lives that occurred last Friday, the possibility of a Cabinet reshuffle was discussed by many Barbadians.

Move to get passenger tax cut

A HIGH-LEVEL Caribbean delegation, including Barbados’ Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy, yesterday began a three-day lobby in Britain against what it sees as unfair increases in airport passenger duty (APD) to the region.

"The world of the future has to be shared by everyone"

"Comandante, the whole charm of the Cuban Revolution, the recognition, the solidarity from a large part of the world’s intelligentsia, the people’s tremendous achievements in the face of the blockade; in short, everything, everything went down the tubes as a result of the persecution of homosexuals in Cuba."

King: What Pierhead project?

Barbadian real estate magnate Paul Altman has urged Government and private sector interests to get the long touted Bridgetown Pierhead development project going.

NHC projects boost demand for mortgages

GOVERNMENT’S RECENT LAUNCH of a number of new housing solutions through the National Housing Corporation (NHC) has generated renewed interest in the local mortgage market.