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Watson to challenge BLPC nod for costs

Attorney Tricia Watson will be challenging the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) latest approval of a Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) application to recover costs from customers. The former senator,...
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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...
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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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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Saving the rum industry

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“We have lost the banana industry, now rum is on the line.”And what is pushing the important rum industry down the slippery export slope...
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NATION newscast December 4, 2014

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In tonight’s news:Hospital OK with Ebola supplies despite claims of drug shortages.50-year-old family firm offers tips for business longevity.Chris Gayle Ram Slams it. http://www.youtube.com/embed/bm0GfTq0TT8
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East Indian community gives back

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TO MARK Barbados’ 48th year of Independence and in recognition of Parliament’s 375th anniversary, members of this country’s East Indian community have presented Parliament...
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TOURISM MATTERS: Lost by a slowness to act

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One thing the last few months have taught me, as if I really needed reminding, is that however much you change the structure of...
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Inniss: Embrace foreign investment

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A GOVERNMENT MINISTER has taken to task those persons who argue that foreign entities have no place in Barbados.Speaking on Wednesday evening at the...
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$19.2m dip in imports

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Barbados’ continued heavy dependence on imported items – especially petroleum products – has sustained its $2 billion trade deficit with the rest of the...
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