THE GOVERNMENT HAS not been wasting money or going on any spending sprees, says Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy.
Rather, the administration was looking to improve the social infrastructure that included modernising the welfare system so as to interrupt poverty that spreads from generation to generation, he said.
Sealy, the Member of Parliament for St Michael South Central, was speaking during the debate on the Estimates Of Revenue And Expenditure for the 2017 -2018 financial year in the House of Assembly on Monday night.
He said there was improvement in tourism, the sector on which Barbados largely depended to attract its foreign exchange. (AC)
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