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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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Barbados now has permaculture lab

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BARBADOS NEEDS TO explore further the prospects of permaculture and organic production, if the island’s natural resources, particularly its coastal and marine resources, are...
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Experts in Barbados to improve Blackbelly sheep production

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TWO EXPERTS FROM Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico, Dr Raymundo Rangel-Santos and Dr Jose Garcia-Muniz, are in Barbados to determine the extent to which technologies...
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Hershey exploring removal of corn syrup

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NEW YORK (AP) - Hershey is looking at replacing the high-fructose corn syrup in some of its products with sugar.Will Papa, chief research and...
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Hit parade

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WERE THERE a prize for the most impressive detachment at the Independence Day Parade, it would have to be the Royal Barbados Police Force...
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LIME launches ‘upgraded’ Christmas promotion

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LIME CUSTOMERS ARE in line to win $200 000 in cash and prizes this Christmas.The telecommunications company officially launched its Upgrade Your Christmas campaign this...
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Mottley calls for urgent health talks

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STATING THAT HEALTHCARE was too important a national issue for political grandstanding, Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley appealed to Government this morning to...
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