Business

Pitch to boost business facilitation

The global business sector is keen to continue working with Government and other partners to improve business facilitation in Barbados. Joanna Austin, president of BIBA, the Association for...

Barbados helping to spearhead US$500m disaster emergency fund

Barbados is playing a leading role in an international effort to secure a major new financial lifeline if...

Power hike concern

Questions and concerns are being raised about the fuel-related hike in electricity costs which Barbados Light & Power...

Accountants target social change

Finance is emerging at the frontline of social change in the Caribbean, according to the world’s largest talent...

Karen Yip Chuck appointed Republic Financial Holdings CEO

Republic Financial Holdings Limited has appointed Karen Yip Chuck as its Group President and Chief Executive Officer, subject...

QC takes Visionaries Challenge

QUEEN’S COLLEGE has emerged winner of the 2014 Caribbean Science Foundation/CXC Sagicor Visionaries Challenge.The St James school beat out the other eight teams in...

TOURISM MATTERS: Lost by a slowness to act

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

East Indian community gives back

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...

$19.2m dip in imports

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

Inniss: Embrace foreign investment

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...

PM to visit Cuba

PRIME MINISTER Freundel Stuart will pay an official visit to the Republic of Cuba on Sunday, December 7, and will also attend the Fifth...