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Barbados Customs & Excise mark 121 years

What do you really know about Barbados Customs and Excise Department? For many people, their experience with Customs may be limited to declaring goods at the airport, collecting a package...
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Royal Caribbean, Sandals strike deal

Global vacation company Royal Caribbean Group is acquiring half of Caribbean all-inclusive resort brand Sandals Resorts for about...
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Mottley: Build our own trade routes

NEW YORK – Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says Caribbean and African countries have a duty to create...
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Energy insecurity hurting Caribbean

Economist Marla Dukharan is urging the Caribbean to do more to achieve energy sovereignty as the ongoing international...
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US$144m savings boost for Barbados

Barbados has secured more than US$144 million in fiscal savings through innovative debtfor- nature and debt-forclimate transactions, creating...
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Arrivals up for 50th bash

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FIFTEEN THOUSAND for the 50th.That’s the number of visitors the chairman of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., Alvin Jemmott, estimates will be in Barbados between...
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Farmers upset Shell closing boreholes

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A GROUP of Christ Church farmers locked in litigation with Shell Oil Company over an oil spill that happened more than 25 years ago...
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Shoppers feeling price pinch

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GROCERY PRICES have gone up.And some Barbadians believe the National Social Responsibility Levy, which was introduced September 1, is to blame. Based on SUNDAY SUN...
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THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL: Craftsmen of our fate: 2

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AS ORGANISATIONS LOOK to improve productivity and secure our prosperity, the result has been that employees are being asked to do more with less...
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AS I SEE THINGS: Put issues in the right context

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AS SMALL, OPEN and highly vulnerable countries, we in the Caribbean will everlastingly be challenged by developments taking place in the international economy, many...
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IMF predicts 1.7 % growth to 2017

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THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY Fund (IMF) appears to have a slightly more optimistic view about Barbados’ economic growth prospects than the Central Bank.But the IMF...
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