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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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ON THE LEFT: Role for regional milk producers

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IN MANY CASES, the dairy situation in Latin America (Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America) forms merely a footnote to other, more...
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THE ISSUE: Waiting for subsidy to kick in

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MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO, before Barbados became an independent nation, the island formally established a dairy industry. That was when the Barbados Dairy...
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Public Workers’ Credit Union heads to St Peter

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THE ISLAND’S LARGEST credit union, Barbados Public Workers Cooperative Credit Union Limited, is headed north.It will soon open a new branch at Mile-&-A-Quarter, St Peter,...
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Sagicor ‘may still feel it’

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BARBADOS’ LATEST DOWNGRADE by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) could result in some fallout for Sagicor, even though the group has relocated its headquarters to...
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TOURISM MATTERS: A win-win for diners and restaurateurs

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OFFICIALLY, RESTAURANT WEEK BARBADOS was rolled out by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, recently. It runs from October 22 until November 5, leading up...
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Flow announces successful testing of LTE technology

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BRIDGETOWN – Barbados is poised to welcome the next generation of mobile telephony.In another first, leading telecommunications provider Flow has announced the successful testing...
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