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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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CTO head sees potential for continued upward movement

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Tourism in Barbados and the Caribbean is poised for continued growth this year. Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) secretary general Dona Regis-Prosper is confident that will...
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Barbados has third most onerous electricity cost

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados has the third most burdensome electricity cost in the region, the new Caribbean Energy Price Index has estimated. This follows an analysis of the...
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‘Caricom trade reset critical’

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados and other CARICOM economies must this year pursue regional cooperation as a strategic response following “a tumultuous year in regional and global trade”. That...
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‘Caricom trade reset critical’

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados and other CARICOM economies must this year pursue regional cooperation as a strategic response following “a tumultuous year in regional and global trade”. That...
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Govt needs $598m for last-quarter debt

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Government will require about $598.6 million to pay debt for the December 2025 to March 31, 2026 period. With the Ministry of Finance projecting that...
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Ex-CDB boss passes away

Gercine Carter -
Former president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Warren Smith, passed away yesterday. A Jamaican, he is credited with transforming the CDB, putting in...
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