Wealth manager warns against ‘crony capitalism’ Marlon Madden05/02/20192216 views A wealth management firm’s leader is urging the Government to continuously weed out corrupt practices and make it easier to do business in Barbados. While praising the Barbados Labour Party administration… Read more
Judge not Barbados Today05/02/20193266 views Government’s decision to appoint five new judges to assist with the backlog of cases has come under immense scrutiny from Opposition Leader, Bishop Joseph Atherley who believes the process for… Read more
Judging aim Barbados Today05/02/20198285 views Huge changes are on the way to the judicial system, the Prime Minister and the Attorney General revealed today in the House of Assembly. Prime Minister Mia Mottley told lawmakers… Read more
DLP in PM’s court Barbados Today05/02/201921141 views Democratic Labour Party president Verla De Peiza has thrown their party’s full support behind Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s plans to increase the number of criminal courts and introduce a commercial… Read more
Agency to aggressively market Barbados Marlon Madden05/02/20196151 views Barbados’ international business and financial services sector is about to get a major boost. Prime Minister Mia Mottley revealed that the state-owned economic development agency, Invest Barbados, would be given… Read more
Bank changes ownership Barbados Today05/02/20190237 views Newly formed Bahamian holding company RF Holdings Limited has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Royal Fidelity Merchant Bank & Trust Limited, as a result of a “management led… Read more
‘Hypocritical’ leaders should aid Venezuela – Lashley Barbados Today05/02/201911108 views Social activist Hamilton Lashley is calling on Caribbean leaders to play a major role in helping to end a “humanitarian crisis” in Venezuela while blasting them as hypocrites. As he… Read more
Gov’t red tape to blame Marlon Madden05/02/20195177 views Barbados is losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in investment due mainly to “antiquated” and “dysfunctional” administrative processes, says former Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell. He complained… Read more
School-leaver joblessness at 70 per cent, says youth minister Barbados Today05/02/20193130 views Minister of Youth and Community Empowerment Adrian Forde has set a priority for curbing youth unemployment, now at nearly one-third of young adults and as high as seven out of… Read more
Prayer working Barbados Today05/02/201913233 views A mixture of prayer, social intervention and counseling seems to be the remedy for getting some students in secondary schools and other institutions to run away from gangs. Offering high… Read more