#BARBADOS: PM Mia Mottley's Party Wins Landslide Re-Election to House of Assembly

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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has secured a second term in office after a landslide victory in the country’s first elections since becoming a republic. Preliminary results from the election this past Thursday reveal that the Barbados Labor Party (BLP), led by Mia Amor Mottley, secured all 30 seats in the House of Assembly. This is the party’s second clean sweep victory, the first being in the 2018 elections.

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#BARBADOS: Gov't Announces 15-Day Lockdown, Nationwide Covid-19, Dengue Fever Testing

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Barbados today begins a 15-day mandatory lockdown during which all citizens will be screened for covid-19 and dengue fever.

During house-to-house contact, government officials will administer antigen and PCR testing, and gather geo-tagging information for every residence, said prime minister Mia Amor Mottley during a televised address this morning.

She assured citizens that there was "more than enough food in Barbados," and that supermarkets and mini-markets around the country would remain open during the 15-day shutdown.

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#BARBADOS: Gov't Raises Taxes 400% Amid Stagnant Economic Growth

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The Democratic Labour Party government is confident it can close a fiscal gap in its budget with a 400% tax hike that has already raised $25 million in one quarter. But their "National Social Responsibility Levy" has come under heavy criticism from private sector business groups and Unions alike for raising the cost of living during a period of stagnant economic growth.

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Pictured: DLP MP and Finance Min. Christopher Sinckler.

#BARBADOS: Oppo. Labour Party Hopes To Turn Up Heat On PM With "March of Disgust"

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Barbados Labour Party Leader Mia Mottley says her party will ramp up the pressure on Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, saying it was disgusted with the administration’s handling of the economy. She announced a March 11 "National March of Disgust," designed to show displeasure with the Stuart Administration's "indifference" and "incompetence."

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Pictured: Opposition Leader Mia Mottley (right) with economic consultant Dr Clyde Mascoll.

#BARBADOS: Commerce Min. Lashes Out At USA For Refunding Taxes For Rum Produced In PR & US VI

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Commerce Minister Donville Inniss has given the United States a tongue lashing for continuing to support Puerto Rican and US Virgin Islands rum producers by refunding excise taxes for rum produced in those islands, he asserts, at the expense of Caribbean rum producers. Inniss says it goes against the tenets of free trade.

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