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The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector, commonly referred to as the Ministry of Labour, is a government ministry responsible for policy formulation, industrial relations, acting as a secretariat to the Social Partnership, and the other overall administration and coordination of all operations falling under the Minister of Labour’s portfolio.
The CTUSAB has its origins in the emergence of protests against the Barbados government's acceptance of an IMF/World Bank structural adjustment programme in the early 1990s. The proposed programme included the devaluation of the Barbadian dollar , cuts to welfare, public services and public salaries, public sector job cuts, increases in taxes ...
The Government of Barbados contains a number of government ministries which control and govern various aspects of the country. [1] Barbados currently has around 30 ministries, each with its appointed Minister.
The Barbados Advocate: Consumer services Publishing Bridgetown: 1895 Newspaper P A The Daily Nation: Consumer services Publishing Bridgetown: 1973 Newspaper, part of ONE Caribbean Media (Trinidad and Tobago) P A Trans Island Air 2000: Consumer services Airlines Christ Church: 1982 Airline, defunct 2004 P D Voice of Barbados: Consumer services
It was established on 1 April 2011 under the Financial Services Commission Act 2010 which replaced the former Securities Commission, Supervisor of Insurance, and the Co-operatives Department. [2] It contains 4 regulatory divisions: The insurance division, the credit union division, the securities division, and the pensions division.
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. It has been in power in 1954–1961, 1976–1986, 1994–2008, and 2018–present. The BLP has been the governing party of Barbados since 2018.
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), colloquially known as the "Dems", is a political party in Barbados, established in 1955.It was the ruling party from 15 January 2008 to 24 May 2018 but faced an electoral wipeout in the 2018 general election which left it with no MPs.
The Barbados government encourages the development in: financial services, informatics, e-commerce, tourism, educational and health services, and cultural services for the future. In 2000 based on Barbados' level of growth – (at the time) Barbados was supposed to become the world's smallest developed country by 2008.