Order Paper – Third Sitting of the Third Meeting 2024-2025 Session

1.PRAYERS To be read by the Honourable Minister of Border Control, Labour, Culture, Sustainability & Climate Resiliency and Wellness. 2.ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS i) Oaths of Allegiance and Due Execution of Office (administered by the …

Over 22 years late, development plan still misses latest target

(CNS): The chief officer in the planning ministry has said the target to get the National Development Plan completed by the end of last year was “over-ambitious”, even though this project is now more than 22 years late. Eric Bush reeled off a long list of …

RCIPS, DoA seize 40 birds used for cock fighting

(CNS): The RCIPS officers and Department of Agriculture staff raided an address on Fig Tree Drive in Bodden Town on Friday, 31 January, and seized more than 40 birds, some of which had been used for cock fighting, police said. Officers also seized cock …

Using Data Analytics in Sports Betting: How to Leverage Stats for Smarter Bets

You’ve heard the phrase “the numbers never lie” which, let’s be honest, is a bit of a stretch. Numbers, like people, have their quirks. They can be bent, twisted and even misinterpreted if you’re not looking closely enough. But in the world of sports …

TikTok’s parent company quietly launched a music licensing platform called EasyOde

Music licensing platforms for short-form video, advertising, games, and other visual media are big business – and attract a lot of attention from deep-pocketed private investors. Sweden’s Epidemic Sound was valued at $1.4 billion in a $450 million funding …

Govt sticking with Barbados dollar

Government has no plan to abandon the Barbados dollar in favour of using United States (US) currency as the country’s legal tender – a process known as dollarisation. Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn made this clear in the House of …

Rugby stars toast whisky partnership: 5 need-to-know business stories

Hello and welcome to our daily digest of business, financial and economic news from around Scotland. Duhan van Der Merwe and Pierre Schoeman are behind whisky company Against The Grain NOT KNOWN, CLEAR WITH PICTURE DESK 1. A whisky brand founded by two …

Jury finds two men guilty of conspiracy to murder

(CNS): Antascio Rankine (30) and Roland Welcome (33) were convicted on Monday of conspiracy to murder Sven Brett Connor (42) following more than two days of jury deliberation. Connor was killed by a gang of men who shot what the crown called a “hail of …

UPM stalled work on economic plan because of election

Suspect charged with two high-value burglaries