ONE OF THE major highlights by Government of its proposed spending for fiscal 2017-2018 is a near $150 million subvention to the cash-strapped Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).
The notice is contained in a press release issued by Government yesterday after the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure were laid in the House of Assembly.
Apart from the $146.3 million for the QEH, selected in the statement, it also points to subventions of $87.7 million and $8.6 million for the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. and the Barbados Tourism Product Authority, respectively.
Amounts of $25.03 million and $4.96 million have been provided to enable the preservation of investments made in CLICO International Life Insurance Limited and British American Life Insurance Company (Barbados) Limited, respectively, while $8.0 million and $7.1 million have been provided for the CAF Road Rehabilitation Programme and the IDB Road Rehabilitation Programme, respectively. (AB)
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