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Economic growth slows for Barbados

Barbados’ economy has now expanded for 21 consecutive quarters. However,...

Port reforms ‘could save $19m’

The Barbados Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Financial services group Sagicor Financial Company Limited, including its...

BiMPay ‘right move’

Governor Dr The Most Honourable Kevin Greenidge is again...

Fees fuel bank profits

Commercial banks are consistently making a large share of...

Financial markets ‘rebound from Iran war’

Global financial markets have rebounded from the disruptions caused...

New policy on the diaspora coming

A new policy is coming to facilitate how Government relates to Barbadians in the diaspora. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds said...

IMF: Barbados’ economic reform programme making strong progress

Government continues to make “strong progress” in implementing its ambitious economic reform programme as Barbados’ current three year arrangement with the International Monetary Fund...

Proposal to revamp FSC laws

A legislative revamp is on the cards for the Financial Services Commission (FSC) which regulates about 1 300 entities. FSC chief executive officer Warrick Ward...

‘Fiscal benefits’ from debt swaps

The Central Bank of Barbados says debt-for-development swaps of the kind undertaken by Government can ease debt burdens and create fiscal space for growth. That is...

C&W Caribbean earnings up

Liberty Latin America (LLA), the communications group which owns and operates Cable & Wireless (C& W) businesses in Barbados and the Caribbean, is reporting...

Premier calls for change

The time has come to review all of the Caribbean’s Community’s (CARICOM) institutions and organs, and those found to be no longer relevant “should...

Caricom told: Not business as usual

With the world reeling from all kinds of problems, it cannot be business as usual for Barbados and other member states of the Caribbean...

Goddard Enterprises loses on cocoa

Millions of dollars in financial losses linked to the cost of cocoa has left a bitter taste in the mouth of Goddard Enterprises Limited...

Barbados buys $251m in produce from US

Barbados’ big appetite for imported agricultural commodities is channelling millions of dollars into the hands of United States (US) food producers. Last year alone, the...

‘Airlift a boost for tourism’

The recovery in airlift capacity is central to future tourism growth opportunities for Barbados, but economic turbulence in key source markets for visitors could be...