BLP candidates pay election deposits

Candidates of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) today paid the mandatory $250 election deposits at the Barbados Revenue Authority at Country Road, St Michael, marking another formal step toward the February 11 general election.

The exercise drew a visible show of support, with party supporters gathering outside the building, waving placards and cheering as candidates completed the brief process.

BLP General Secretary Jerome Walcott said the party was entering the campaign phase confident in its record...