The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has started to pay its debt and is in a position to meet its financial obligations to suppliers once again.
The Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) will soon get its new fleet of trucks, and will even be looking to purchase additional equipment.
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler says Barbadians can thank the controversial National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) for that good news.
Revealing he had been publicly maligned on social media for introduction of the tax but that national financial issues would still remain after him, Sinckler yesterday told the House of Assembly the NSRL was already reaping benefits that would help ease the country’s financial woes. (BA)
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