Govt pursuing modernization Marlon Madden11/02/20196186 views The Barbados Government will be seeking another loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as it accelerates its modernization plan. Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan, disclosed… Read more
Jobs abroad for displaced workers Marlon Madden11/02/20191789 views Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan is calling on training institutions in Barbados to increase their enrolment numbers in an effort to accommodate unemployed individuals who wish… Read more
IMF happy with progress Barbados Today11/02/20191790 views The Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme is on track. That is the word from Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn, who has revealed that officials from… Read more
Griffith honoured at CHTA Marketplace Barbados Today09/02/20190122 views Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), William ‘Billy’ Griffith, has been named ‘Caribbean Tourism Director of the Year’, an honour bestowed on him during the 2018 Caribbean… Read more
Chefette #16 ‘still on the cards’ Marlon Madden09/02/201955125 views Fast-food giant Chefette is going ahead with plans to build its 16th restaurant at Newton, Christ Church, managing director Ryan Haloute has said. He said the branch, which was originally… Read more
NSRL eats into BICO’s revenues Barbados Today09/02/2019998 views The year 2018 was definitely not a sweet one for local ice cream producer BICO Limited. In its Annual Report 2018, the company reported that sales and revenues were down… Read more
‘Disappointing progress’ on new flight path for LIAT – CDB Marlon Madden09/02/2019093 views The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has weighed in on the slow pace of restructuring of regional airline LIAT, which is owned by Barbados and three other Eastern Caribbean Governments. In… Read more
IMF, World Bank reviewing taxes Barbados Today09/02/2019648 views Government has asked the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to help reform its indirect tax system, Director of Finance and Planning Ian Carrington has disclosed. The multilateral lending… Read more
Northern cruise plan Marlon Madden07/02/201915254 views Government is heading north with a cruise ship berth expansion plan and ditching, for now, a sprawling Sugar Point Cruise Pier project which was proposed by the former Democratic Labour… Read more
‘Early days yet’ on BERT’s impact – CDB official Marlon Madden07/02/20198106 views The jury is still out on whether the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme will be enough to stem the tide of economic turmoil, the Caribbean Development Bank’s chief… Read more