SOURCE: CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says his administration is prepared to lease an aircraft if Caribbean governments are unable to sort out the regional transportation sector by …
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Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay McConney broke her silence Saturday on the ongoing controversy rocking her Ministry, saying “we accept our responsibility … for this unfortunate situation”. First-form …
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Next Easter, from March 26 through April 16, British Airways will operate extra services between London Gatwick and Barbados. The additional 10 flights will operate Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to/from …
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By the end of March this year, Barbadians had some $10.7 billion in savings, while there was a rebound in lending during 2021, according to the latest Financial Stability Report. …
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Stakeholders in the education sector are awaiting instructions from the Ministry of Education on whether masks will remain mandatory in schools. But at least one union and the island’s parent-teacher …
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Out of the recent Royal Caribbean Group job fair and the Princess Cruises recruitment sessions, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc’s (BTMI) Senior Business Development Officer in the Cruise Department, Tia Broomes …
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A senior Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) official has claimed that an increase in electricity rates would have a positive impact on the economy and the island’s productive sectors. …
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Tourism officials sticking with US market but open to other opportunities
by Dawne Parrisby Dawne ParrisBarbados does not intend to stop wooing travellers from the United States in favour of trying to get more visitors from the expanding Latin America market. But acknowledging the potential …
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CIBC FirstCaribbean has sought to assure customers that it has been aggressively warding off an attack on a small range of its Visa debit cards. In a statement issued on …
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President of the Barbados Evangelical Association (BEA) Dr Nigel Taylor has questioned the rationale behind the highly controversial Computer Science pretest given to 11-year-olds. In an interview with Barbados TODAY, …