Tourism officials sticking with US market but open to other opportunities Dawne Parris08/10/2022086 views Barbados does not intend to stop wooing travellers from the United States in favour of trying to get more visitors from the expanding Latin America market. But acknowledging the potential… Read more
CIBC FirstCaribbean moving swiftly to protect accounts amid attack Barbados Today08/10/20220158 views CIBC FirstCaribbean has sought to assure customers that it has been aggressively warding off an attack on a small range of its Visa debit cards. In a statement issued on… Read more
‘No guinea pigs’ Barbados Today08/10/20220185 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley says an ethics review committee will be established to prevent a repeat of the Computer Science test fiasco, as she made it clear that her Government… Read more
BLPC wants fixed rate Emmanuel Joseph07/10/2022085 views The Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) wants utility regulators to allow it to recover more of its fixed costs by charging consumers a fixed rate. The announcement was made… Read more
Test not to international standards – UWI professor Randy Bennett07/10/2022071 views A psychology professor believes it is highly unlikely the controversial Computer Science pre-test administered by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to school children in Barbados meets international standards. Professor of… Read more
Parents demand controversial tests administered by the IDB be returned Randy Bennett07/10/20220117 views Hours after the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training tendered an “unreserved” apology in relation to a botched Computer Science test, scores of parents have demanded that the “illegal”… Read more
Eviction threat Emmanuel Joseph06/10/2022028 views The commission hearing a request for a basic electricity rate on Wednesday issued a final warning to intervenors and attorneys for the applicant regarding their behaviour, and promised to evict… Read more
IDB issues apology Randy Bennett06/10/2022057 views The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has accepted full responsibility for the controversial Computer Science test that was administered to first form students in Barbados on Monday. In a press release… Read more
World Bank caution Marlon Madden05/10/2022040 views Barbados is expected to record the second-highest growth in Latin America and Caribbean economies this year, behind Guyana, according to the latest World Bank review. However, the Washington-based financial institution,… Read more
Mismatched figures Emmanuel Joseph05/10/2022031 views The Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) told the utility regulators on Tuesday that the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) records which show an excess of $32 million in accumulated depreciation… Read more