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BiMPay transactions hit $6b

BiMPay, Barbados’ national instant payment system established by the...

Pitch to boost business facilitation

The global business sector is keen to continue working...

Barbados helping to spearhead US$500m disaster emergency fund

Barbados is playing a leading role in an international...

Global tensions ‘driving up costs’

Until geopolitical issues, including wars in major international markets...

Power hike concern

Questions and concerns are being raised about the fuel-related...

Accountants target social change

Finance is emerging at the frontline of social change...

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...

Eyes on Estimates

Government's plan to allocate $2.4 billion to ministries and other key entities next financial year will be under the microscope from this morning. Education, $474.1...