Brace for pork and poultry price hikes this Christmas, the farming community’s leading spokesman warned Friday unless Government renews livestock industry subsidies that are set to expire this month. The …
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The final act of Barbados’ four centuries’ long relationship with the British crown is to be witnessed in person by the man who was once destined to become King of …
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Tourism, this island’s number one foreign exchange earner, is expected to show further improvement by year-end as general economic recovery remains key to rebuilding to pre-COVID times. In making the …
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Leader for the People’s Party for Democracy and Development (PdP) Bishop Joseph Atherley believes Prime Minister Mia Mottley will ring the election bell before the four-year austerity programme backed by …
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Barbados is set to receive $48 million from the International Monetary Fund possibly by next month, bringing total disbursements under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to 305 million special drawing …
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Barbados, the acknowledged birthplace of rum, continues to lose precious economic earnings while Government delays on seeking a geographical indication (GI), rum producers have charged. But Barbados TODAY has learned …
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Five-fold increase in numbers seeking Salvation Army aid
by Anesta Henryby Anesta HenryThe growing needs of jobless Barbadians, hard hit by the effects of the pandemic, have put the Salvation Army’s finances under significant strain, Divisional Commander Major Brenda Greenidge said Friday …
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A slew of financial irregularities, including the misappropriation of public funds, led a senior civil servant to recommend that the Poverty Alleviation Fund be shut down, the House of Assembly’s …
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Barbadians should soon know the list of events being held to celebrate the island’s Republic status. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made the comments during a wide-ranging press conference on …
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The government will only lift the current curfew when the country reaches a point where it is “comfortable” to do so. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley explained during a virtual …