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‘70% of workers disengaged’

Barbados could be losing $1.6 billion a year to disengagement and lost productivity in the workplace. That is the “conservative” estimate of new research by Dr Shindale Seale, an international...
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Bajans deeper in debt

Barbadian families are deep in debt. While the latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) flags the $6.64 billion in household...
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Mortgages rule loans sector

The continued expansion in mortgages to facilitate the increased construction of houses and commercial properties has become “a key...
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Growing risks threaten financial stability

Barbados’ financial system is stable but local regulators are warning that global risks have intensified, increasing the likelihood...
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Receiver invites bid for Solar Dynamics assets

Long-standing Barbados manufacturer Solar Dynamics Limited, an internationally-recognised pioneer of solar water heating technology, is facing an uncertain...
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CDB charting a new path

Shawn Cumberbatch -
It is not business as usual for the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), and president Daniel Best made that clear on Wednesday. He said that following...
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Food investors ‘need clarity’

Shawn Cumberbatch -
If Barbados and other CARICOM countries want to achieve regional food security, they need to provide more clarity so that private investors can pump...
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Impact to be modest, says BL&P

Nationnews Desk -
The Barbados Light and Power Company (BL&P) says Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) approval ruling last week, will result in a “modest’ $1.25 increase in...
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Caribbean in ‘debt-climate trap’

Shawn Cumberbatch -
A leading regional economist, who once led the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, is warning that the Caribbean is in a debt-climate trap...
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Hackers target City port

Natanga Smith -
Officials at the Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) have revealed that hackers have repeatedly targeted the country’s main seaport. Manager of the Digital Innovation and Development...
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BPI: 65 Years at the Heart of Barbados 

Julia Haynes -
For 65 years, the Port of Bridgetown has been at the centre of everyday life in Barbados. It’s where food, medicine, building materials, and...
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