Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Business

RF mutual funds boost returns

RF Bank and Trust is reporting increased returns for three Barbados-based mutual funds that have a combined $73.3 million in assets. The $33 million Premium Income Fund, which is primarily invested...

Portvale repairs still incomplete

Grinding at Portvale Sugar Factory remained on pause yesterday as work continued to fix a mechanical failure since Thursday. A spokesman...

Caribbean Digital Transformation Institute launched

Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Barbados and the Caribbean now have some additional help in their...

‘Let AI lift routine workload’

Administrative professionals are being urged by the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados to use AI rather...

Beyond the desk, Saluting Admin Professionals

If everything in your office just seems to work, from organised files and productive meetings to happy clients,...

Private sector urged to support farmers

Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul, has called for greater collaboration between private sector buyers and local producers to...

‘Year of wins’ for Co-op League

The Barbados Cooperative and Credit Union League is celebrating two major breakthroughs. During its annual general meeting recently at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two...

Trade uncertainty threatens economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has slightly lowered its 2025 growth forecast for Barbados from three per cent to 2.7 per cent, is...

Government pushing digital ID

Digital trust is the foundation for transforming Barbados into a modern, inclusive and resilient smart nation and the establishment of a new Barbados identity...

Intervenor goes after BL&P’s financials

With Barbados Light & Power Company’s (BL&PC) rate hearing appeal expected to go to trial in December, intervenor Ricky Went has turned to the...

CDB awards US$100,000 grant to local firm to develop Caribbean stock photography platform

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), has awarded a  US$100,000 grant to NativeFoto Ltd., a Trinidad &...