Business

‘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...

Bajans deeper in debt

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

Mortgages rule loans sector

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

Growing risks threaten financial stability

Barbados’ financial system is stable but local regulators are warning that global risks have intensified, increasing the likelihood...

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...

New LIAT flights between Barbados and Guyana

ST JOHN’S - LIAT has added four new services per week between Dominica and Saint Maarten and three additional services between Barbados and Ogle...

Bloody weekend as man killed in crash

A late-night desperate dash to see an ailing sister ended with Clyde Small dying instantly in a horrific crash while waiting at the bus...

Man charged for ammo for 12-gauge

JEFFREY LEON will return to court next Thursday, charged with the unlawful possession of ammunition.Four rounds for a 12-gauge shotgun were reportedly discovered at...

Jetty plan

A SPEIGHTSTOWN businessman wants to invest $400 000 to rebuild the out-of-use Speightstown jetty that has been in a state of disrepair for many years.This...

18 months for 119 packages of cannabis

A MAN WHO PASSED 119 packages of cannabis will now be spending the next 18 months at HMP Dodds.Jamaican national Steve O’Neil Williams, appeared...

18 months for cocaine

GUYANESE NATIONALS Rohit Singh and Nikita Allen have begun serving 18-month sentences for possession of cocaine.Singh, 39 and 27-year-old Allen appeared in the Oistins...