The announcement was made on Saturday by Finance Minister Ryan Straughn who said that consumers will be exempt from paying the legislated 17.5 per cent value added tax [VAT] on goods and higher purchase sales.
November 11, 2017
Barbados police investigate death of cruise ship passenger
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The police have launched an investigation into the circumstances that may have led to the death of a 79-year- old visitor from Britain.
The police report that a male passenger on a cruise ship was at the Mount Stanford Beach snorkelling with a friend when he was seen floating face down in the water.
He was pulled from the water in a semi-conscious state.
An ambulance rushed him to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
