Marlon Madden, Author at Barbados Today

Posts by marlonmadden

Call for utility company to compensate residents and...

The power and water outages across the island on Monday and Tuesday...

‘Blank banks, other lenders’

Avoid borrowing money from financial institutions as much as possible...

Tech entrepreneur’s advice to budding business folk

Too many people are getting involved in entrepreneurship as a way of...

Ice-cream making to return to Bim

Iconic ice cream brand BICO will once again be made in Barbados come...

BICO sees business boost from power cuts

As businesses tied to the national electric grid have been disrupted...

Tax to start early 2020 – Straughn

If all goes according to plan, Barbadians could be paying the promised...

Dirty fuel, aging generators blamed for 13-hour blackout

The approximately 130,000 Barbados Light & Power Company Ltd...

‘Check schools before you study’ – BAC

People seeking post-secondary studies should first make sure the...

‘Talk about a living wage’, Govt told

Government needs to introduce a policy to establish “a living...

Social reform on Government’s radar

As Government continues to make “good progress” in implementing...

‘Garbage trucks but no buses yet by year-end’

New garbage trucks are to arrive by year-end but the country’s first...

Government ‘on new path’ to technical assistance

Technical assistance, the hands-on aid that donors and institutions...

Time to cash in as original spirit-maker

Perhaps the time has come for Barbados to stop exporting bulk rum and...

Squeezing more from Barbados’ sugarcane

One of Barbados’ main private sugarcane producers is calling for an...

BAS head blames housing development for crop flooding

With northern farmers reeling from crop losses from last weekend’s...

Country rapped for legislation lag

Barbados and other Caribbean countries are being warned to speed up...
Juan Carlos De La Hoz

Financial backing for Govt’s digitalisation efforts

Government is in line for a US$40 million loan from the Inter-American...

No blame game, says Attorney General

The recent gruesome stabbing death of a 16-year-old, which sent the...
Ronald Harford

Tax cut sends Republic profits ‘up a quarter’

The steep fall in the corporate tax rate has boosted profits for...