Sando business association tells Govt cut wastage

In a telephone interview yesterday, Bartlett also weighed in on the performance of the Dr Keith Rowley administration saying government should present a “plan of action” similar to the previous Vision 2020 which had been a cornerstone of the former Patrick Manning administration.

Bartlett also recommended that the prime minister initiate moves to bring in suitably qualified people in such areas as finance and economics following his admission that the present cabinet was not very strong.

And regarding the budget, she said with a $50 billion budget, there would still be a shortfall but one that is manageable.

Bartlett continued, “We are saying that wastage has to be cut off. We have a lot of wastage and we can say that because you can look at the other islands, and there are islands in the Caribbean where they run the whole country on less the amount than we allocate to the Ministry to National Security.” “Look at Barbados, their budget is smaller than the budget for Tobago and they have a bigger population than Tobago, but their crime detection rate is so much better than us. What are they doing right that we are not doing right?” Total expenditure of the 2016 Barbados budget, according to Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler, was “expected and projected to be $4.239 billion Barbados dollars.” Meanwhile, WTI crude oil was trading at US $44.83 per barrel while Brent crude was US $47.26 per barrel.