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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...

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...

Opposition walks out of Parliament

FOR THE SECOND successive meeting of the House of Assembly, Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) members of parliament have staged a walk out.After failing...

Jamaican on drug charges

A JAMAICAN NATIONAL is expected to appear in the Oistins Magistrates’ Court today on drug charges.He is 40-year-old Steve O’Neil Williams who police say...

Joseph to appear in court on several charges

TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Aaron Francisco Joseph is expected to appear in the Holetown/District “E” Magistrates’ Court today charged with a number of serious offences.Joseph, who was...

Russia warns of recession

MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian government has for the first time acknowledged that the country will fall into recession next year, battered by the...

Stuart: Much going for us

DESPITE THE ECONOMIC challenges, Barbadians still have a lot to celebrate, and they must continue to count their blessings.So said Prime Minister Freundel Stuart...

Air Canada boost

TOURIST ARRIVALS to Barbados seem to be picking up.And Air Canada is increasing its flight capacity to Barbados to accommodate the increase in passenger load.At 2:40...