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Heat drives rush for ACs, fans

As Barbados braces for intense heat in August, retailers are reporting stronger demand for fans and air conditioning units from households and businesses. Earlier this month the Barbados Meteorological Services...
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AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Financial services group Sagicor Financial Company Limited, including its Barbados-based subsidiaries, has received a series of credit rating...
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Fees fuel bank profits

Commercial banks are consistently making a large share of their profits from fees, including $152.6 million collected in...
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Frustrating waits at QEH pharmacy

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s (QEH) pharmacy is still struggling to make up the backlog as a result of...
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BARAIFA awards celebrating excellence

The 53rd annual Barbados Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (BARAIFA) Awards celebrated excellence within the insurance and...
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BREA: Alternative energy plan a must

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THE DAYS OF an ad hoc approach to renewable energy in Barbados could soon be over.The Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA), which is on...
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Indiscipline to blame

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BARBADOS’ LARGE APPETITE for consumption and Government’s unwillingness to demonstrate fiscal discipline will come back to haunt the island.And while he declined to say...
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Sam Lord’s still ‘on track’

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ANXIETY APPEARS to be rising over the planned US$200 million Wyndham Sam Lord’s Castle resort in St Philip as work there appears to have...
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Fallout from project that floundered

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RETIRED CONTRACTOR Trevor Kent is being accused of “double standards” concerning his struggle against the building of a hotel in Sea Rocks, Enterprise, Christ...
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CENTRAL BANK THIRD QUARTER REVIEW: Prospects in international business

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DURING THE FIRST nine months of 2016, the economy expanded by 1.3 per cent thanks to improvements in the tourism sector (three per cent),...
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A storied tour of The City – and more

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ON ANY GIVEN Sunday evening, it is not unusual to see a group of people walking through Bridgetown with historian Trevor Marshall.He tells a...
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