Economy

A first-ever regional sustainability bond was launched Tuesday to raise US$250m ($500m) to help Caribbean governments build climate-resilient infrastructure at below-market borrowing rates, with a market launch planned by the …

Ahead of a festive season surge in demand for home-grown pork, poultry and eggs, the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is rolling out an aggressive “buy Bajan” campaign aimed at weaning …

The nation’s largest credit union has welcomed long-awaited state-backed deposit insurance as the measure that will finally remove commercial banks’ competitive advantage, saying it is now positioned to lend more …

Barbados is pursuing tax and investment agreements with less traditional markets, including a European nation with which informal discussions have been held, a senior government official said Wednesday, as Bridgetown …

Fisherfolk at the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex could have access to a fully operational ice machine within days, as the government continues efforts to maintain the ageing equipment while working towards …

The Senate on Wednesday moved to strengthen enforcement against money laundering and terrorist financing, passing bills aimed at demonstrating that the country’s safeguards work in practice ahead of an international …

Prime Minister Mia Mottley says Caribbean and African countries have a duty to create their own trade routes, to be able to ensure that they have the credit ratings that …

Three years after signing historic agreements with the government to take over the management of the struggling sugar industry as a private operation, the cooperative involved said on Saturday it …

The Central Bank of Barbados is warning the public never to share their BiMPay verification codes,  tokens, passwords or other security credentials with anyone, following a reported social engineering fraud …