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Call for greater cybersecurity awareness

Young people could be putting their personal information, devices and even home networks at risk without realising it, simply by clicking malicious links on their mobile phones, a digital...
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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 &...
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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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Liberty accelerates cloud transformation

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Liberty Latin America has a five-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help customers across Latin America and the Caribbean accelerate...
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Equity policyholders feel ‘blind-sided’

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Some equity insurance policyholders are voicing surprise and concern that the company’s licence was revoked by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) effective December 31,...
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Foreign reserves ‘based on borrowing’

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Economist and adviser Marla Dukharan has flagged as “a major vulnerability” the fact that a number of Caribbean countries’ increased foreign reserves are the...
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Shipping fees ‘driving up prices’

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Seasonal shipping fees could lead to permanent cost increases for Barbadian consumers and manufacturers. That warning came recently from the Barbados Manufacturers’ Association (BMA) and...
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‘Start financial literacy early’

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Financial literacy, including capital market awareness, must start early in the schools. That is the advice from Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE) managing director Marlon Yarde,...
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BHL and dairy report losses

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Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) and its main subsidiary Barbados Dairy Industries Limited (BDIL) are reporting millions of dollars in losses for 2025. Company directors attributed...
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