Scotiabank helps with back-to-school needs Barbados Today Traffic21/08/2021075 views Scotiabank has donated $10,000 towards Eden Lodge Youth Charitable Trust’s (ELYCT) Annual Back to School Programme, helping many young people with essential supplies for the new school year. The programme… Read more
Sagicor concern about house fires too Barbados Today Traffic21/08/2021060 views Albeit the middle of the rainy season, where the focus is typically and primarily on hurricane preparedness, recent incidents have shown that household fires are still a major cause for… Read more
Young entrepreneurs show off their goods and services Dwayne Ash20/08/20210109 views By Anesta Henry A group of young people recently grasped the opportunity to advertise their small businesses to shoppers at Sky Mall, Haggatt Hall. Participants of the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation’s… Read more
Soothing outlet for cancer sufferers Dwayne Ash20/08/20210127 views by Marlon Madden One company in Barbados is seeking to help cancer patients and survivors better deal with their associated stresses one touch at a time. Through the increasingly popular… Read more
Carbon import levy could have negative impact Barbados Today Traffic19/08/2021073 views University of the West Indies (UWI) researchers are sending an early caution to the region that a supposedly well-intended European Union (EU) plan to reduce carbon emissions, is likely to… Read more
Modest gains for ICBL but no dividends Barbados Today Traffic19/08/2021043 views The directors of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados (ICBL) have taken a decision not to pay shareholders a dividend following release of the company’s consolidated financial statements for the year.… Read more
Marshall is new BMA president Barbados Today Traffic19/08/2021094 views The Barbados Manufacturers’ Association (BMA) has elected a new president. On Wednesday, August 11th, 2021, at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), the membership of the BMA elected John Marshall as… Read more
BHTA records major increase in staycations Barbados Today Traffic19/08/2021091 views Officials of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) are reporting a tremendous take up of staycation offers by Barbadians, with some properties reporting up to 85 per cent of… Read more
Government ready to counter global corporate tax dictates Barbados Today Traffic19/08/2021093 views by Marlon Madden All is not lost as Barbados braces for the implementation of a singular global minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent. This assurance from Avinash Persaud,… Read more
Upgrade and support promised to vendors Barbados Today12/08/2021059 views Fairchild Street vendors who are scheduled to be relocated a stone’s throw away from their current location are being given the assurance that Government will not leave them out to… Read more