DLP got it wrong

FILE – Barbados Government Headquarters, Bay Street, St. Michael.

Government Headquarters is not being relocated.

This confirmation from Senior Minister with Responsibility for Planning and Infrastructure, Dr. William Duguid as he refutes claims by former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart made on a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) platform last weekend that Government Headquarters would be moved from Bay Street, St. Michael to facilitate a tourism project.

In a statement this evening, Dr. Duguid said, “This could not be further from the truth and Mr. Stuart must be obviously trying to setup a straw man, but clearly, he does not have the facts at all.

“The fact is that the Government is looking to further develop the site at Bay Street to improve and modernise the Government offices on that site by adding another two buildings to this facility and making more floor space available for Government Offices.”

The Planning and Infrastructure Minister pointed out that Government was aiming to reduce its rental bill with the expansion, “which has been a focus of this Government from the time we came to office in 2018”.

Dr. Duguid added that the upgrades would also provide additional office space for the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Finance, create more parking spaces and offer better working conditions.

“Mr. Stuart, like his current leader, would do well to get his facts straight before coming to the public with fanciful tales, fake news and misinformation,” he stressed.

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