PM promises to update country soon on external debt situation Barbados Today10/02/201932416 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley today promised that she will update the country soon about the Government’s external debt restructuring plan. “Those discussions are continuing, and the public will be advised… Read more
More layoffs to come, PM Mottley says Barbados Today10/02/201988988 views Workers at State-owned enterprises are being put on notice that there are still more layoffs to come as Government seeks to manage a huge wage bill. “We’ve sent home so… Read more
IMF, World Bank ‘reviewing VAT, other taxes’ Barbados Today09/02/201915456 views Government has asked the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to helps reforming its indirect tax system, Drector of Finance and Planning Ian Carrington has disclosed. The multilateral lending… Read more
Economy moving in the right direction but there is still cause for concern, opposition says Barbados Today03/02/2019201.6K views Opposition spokesman on International Business and Trade, Manufacturing and Commerce Bruce Hennis says the Barbados economy is moving in the right direction, but he said there is still cause for… Read more
Government on fast track to economic recovery Barbados Today12/01/2019361.2K views Government is moving quickly to turn Barbados’ economic situation around so that persons can once again be employed. Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, made… Read more
Barbados represented at OECD meeting in France Barbados Today05/01/201901.5K views A Barbados delegation is to hold talks next week with officials from the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). A government statement said that the team from the… Read more