Economist and independent Senator Crystal Drakes speaking in the Senate on the latest BERT program. She states that one of the major aims is to increase investment as a percentage of GDP to about 29% to 30%, which is a very large amount.
Amidst the great concern about gun crime in Barbados, the Senate has been debating an amendment to the firearms bill.
Tourism industry workers need to have a pension plan according to Jamaica's tourism Minister Ed Bartlett.