PROMISE KEPT Emmanuel Joseph21/03/20230700 views STRAUGHN SAYS GOV’T NOT GOING BACK ON PLAN TO SCRAP PANDEMIC LEVY AT MONTH-END By Emmanuel Joseph The Mia Mottley administration is sticking to its promise to scrap the Pandemic… Read more
Economist suggests shift from state-led growth model Barbados Today17/03/20230496 views Economist Professor Justin Robinson believes the state-led model of growth may have taken Barbados as far as it can go. And he has suggested that the Government may need to… Read more
GOVERNMENT’S PLAN Barbados Today15/03/202301.2K views KEY FISCAL MEASURES 1. Reduction in the principal owed to the Barbados Water Authority and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by 25%, conditioned on full payment of outstanding debts between March… Read more
Fashion industry to get $2 million injection Barbados Today15/03/20230598 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley is convinced that Barbados is sitting on a gold mine in the form of the fashion industry and to this end, she said her administration will… Read more
Construction boom coming Barbados Today15/03/202301.1K views During Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s 2023 Budgetary Proposals in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, she announced the assignment of funding for several departments and projects. Among them were:… Read more
Investment coming to town Marlon Madden15/03/202301.5K views By Marlon Madden Operators of the United States-based luxury boutique hotel chain Pendry Hotels and Resorts are to construct a multi-million dollar property on Barbados’ diamond coast, Prime Minister Mia… Read more
Walters has two wishes ahead of the Budget Barbados Today14/03/202301.1K views Politician Ryan Walters is hoping the Government makes good on two deliverables when Prime Minister Mia Mottley presents her Budgetary Proposal and Financial Statement 2023 on Tuesday. In a video… Read more
Forte advises Government to table a ‘growth’ budget next week Emmanuel Joseph11/03/20230451 views By Emmanuel Joseph Senior economic consultant Carlos Forte says growth has to be the centre-piece of the Government’s budget presentation on Tuesday. The Canada-based Barbadian economist with the Altus Group… Read more
MOTTLEY MEETS MACRON Barbados Today11/03/20230444 views PM WORKS WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT FOR FAIRER INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM Barbados and France teamed up on Friday to lay plans to take on the global community in their fight for… Read more
JOB WORRY Anesta Henry10/03/20230432 views MALONEY CLAIMS PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THEIR EMPLOYMENT. By Anesta Henry Democratic Labour Party (DLP) spokesperson for labour Walter Maloney says while public sector workers are looking forward… Read more