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We have costed our proposals, so we know what the country can afford. The present Government has wasted and mismanaged the country’s money. They have collected more taxes than any other Government in the history of the country, but no one can see what they have done with all that money. The BLP will manage…

Since 2008, the Dems have imposed whopping new taxes on everything from food, to phones, to funerals. Within the first 6 months, the BLP will put money in people’s pockets by abolishing the NSRL and Road Tax, increasing non-contributory pensions and paying the reverse tax credit. VAT will be returned to 15% within 18 months.

After 23 downgrades and the devastating first quarter report from the Governor of the Central Bank on May 2, showing further decline of our economic position, no one will easily lend the Barbados Government money internationally. This Government has carried us to the doorstep of the IMF and has paused waiting for the Election. The…

The BLP is committed to maintaining the exchange rate of BBD $2 for USD $1.

Our strategy for boosting foreign reserves has many facets. We will prohibit the Central Bank from printing money without Parliamentary approval. We will allow all who earn foreign exchange to keep foreign currency accounts in local banks. We will attract new inward investment through a range of policies including developing Heritage Bridgetown as a Smart…

Governments must make choices about policy priorities versus optional activities. The BLP has identified tertiary education as a priority for helping people to earn more, enjoy a better standard of living, attract investment into Barbados and performing the new jobs that the BLP will create. The $25 million it will cost to pay the fees…

The BLP will work with regional and local agencies to stop the flow of guns into Barbados, institute a gun amnesty and buy-back programme. We will establish systems for community policing, increase the size of the RBPF, give them better resources and equipment to get the job done and improve their detection and response capacity.…

The BLP will be caring but firm. We will introduce Safety Officers on buses and areas frequented by school children and young people, place more Guidance Counsellors in schools and more psychologists at the Ministry of Education to work with school students. We will introduce conflict resolution and anger management programmes in schools and communities,…

The BLP Government will buy new trucks to have a regular, scheduled garbage collection service. In relation to the South Coast Sewerage System, we will obtain equipment and technology which can keep the system functioning satisfactorily until it is permanently fixed. We will bring in experts to give Cabinet a plan for addressing the system…

The BLP understands how these issues are causing Bajans concern for their safety. We see how they result in frustration, inconvenience and expense, from waiting for buses that do not come, to school children hanging around the streets, to having to replace damaged shoes and tyres, to loss of productivity. That is why we have…