Fishing woes Barbados Today01/02/20194241 views Local fisherman and vendors at the country’s fish markets are becoming increasingly agitated about rising costs, dwindling profits and poor facilities, as they operate in an increasingly hostile marine environment.… Read more
Violence, a damper on tourism Marlon Madden31/01/201934151 views Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds is deeply disturbed by the number of violent deaths in Barbados during the first month of the year, warning that it had the potential to… Read more
Premium BIM Marlon Madden31/01/20194236 views With Barbados’ tourism product a little more expensive as a result of recent taxes, Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds is giving the assurance that careful and vigorous work is being… Read more
Union offended Barbados Today31/01/20192292 views President of the Sugar Industries and Staff Association (SISA) Edwin O’Neal has lambasted the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) Limited for the management of its recent retrenchment exercise. In a… Read more
IMF programme on track, says BPSA Barbados Today31/01/20195138 views Head of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) Edward Clarke has given the Mia Mottley-led Government thumbs up for the manner in which the administration has handled the first five… Read more
Barbados urged to follow Jamaica’s IMF blueprint Barbados Today30/01/201916167 views Barbados can come out stronger at the end its four-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, should Government learn the lessons from Jamaica’s experience. This advice came from former co-chair of… Read more
Pushing tolerance in tourism Marlon Madden30/01/20196120 views Tourism officials are encouraged by Barbados’ efforts as a tourist destination to be more inclusive and tolerant of members of the Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) community. Pointing… Read more
New BES head ‘puzzled’ by lacklustre tourism performance Barbados Today30/01/201919158 views If the tourism industry is to continue to be Barbados’ largest foreign exchange earner it has to evolve. That is the view of new president of the Barbados Economic Society… Read more
No growth Barbados Today30/01/201914229 views After contracting slightly in the final three months of last year due to a weak performance in the tourism sector for that period, Barbados’ economy is forecast to be flat… Read more
Sandals hails progress at its showpiece Beaches hotel Marlon Madden29/01/20191196 views Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Adam Stewart says he is pleased with the progress of the multi-million dollar Sandals Beaches Resort currently under construction… Read more