New shopping schedule applies to gas stations Sandy Deane16/04/2020080 views The new alphabetic-based shopping system applies to gas stations, COVID-19 Czar Richard Carter confirmed today. Members of the public have expressed concern that they have not been able to fill… Read more
Ministry of Education offering counselling services for students Barbados Today16/04/2020073 views Primary and secondary school students who are having challenges coping with the COVID-19 pandemic may access the services of a trained counsellor. This resource was available from Wednesday, April 15,… Read more
Shoppers endure more long lines to shop in supermarkets Barbados Today16/04/2020046 views A new system of shopping aimed at reducing numbers at supermarkets, fish markets, banks, and hardware stores appears to have yielded the same results that policymakers were hoping to avoid.… Read more
‘Pace of recovery could depend on banks’ Stefon Jordan16/04/2020022 views A lot of Barbados’ economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic will depend heavily on financial institutions and how soon construction projects can get started, says economist Jeremy Stephen. Giving an… Read more
Nine out of ten hotels closed in industry’s worst crisis Randy Bennett16/04/2020049 views COVID-19 has crushed the tourism industry, accounting for 5,000 hotel worker’s jobs lost and shuttering nearly nine out of ten hotels in the industry’s worst crisis, according to the Barbados… Read more
#BTEditorial – Towards a new beginning Barbados Today16/04/2020032 views By now, it has become an inescapable fact that COVID-19 has irrevocably changed life as we know it, even as we try to come to grips with the daily twists… Read more
FSC watch on credit unions, companies Barbados Today16/04/2020034 views Barbados’ main corporate regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), is keeping a close eye on some businesses but has temporarily relaxed its rules on the filing of audited financial statements,… Read more
IDB predicts looming economic downturn Marlon Madden16/04/2020036 views Predicting a severe shock to the Barbados economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) warned today that the country should expect tourism to grind to a halt,… Read more
Unwell non-nationals urged not to fear deportation Barbados Today16/04/2020039 views Undocumented non-nationals can access medical care, if they become ill, without the fear of being deported, Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson said today. He gave this assurance to those… Read more
Gloomy business forecast Emmanuel Joseph16/04/2020057 views With some 14,000 people having already claimed unemployment benefits since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Barbados on March 17, the head of the island’s main business organisation is forecasting more… Read more