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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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FSC head: Insurance sector should review definitions

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INSURANCE COMPANIES may have to re-examine the definitions of personal injury in the policies they are selling, the chief executive officer of the Financial...
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: The region’s gay economic conundrum

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“Does this destination deserve my money?”That provocative question was posed recently by Doug Wallace, a travel writer and contributor to the Toronto Globe &...
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Eyebrow girl feels she was unfairly dismissed

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NEVER IN HER wildest dreams did Tammy Edwards believe that a video which she posted to Instagram would make her an instant celebrity.Or, get her fired....
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IDB stands by funding

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BARBADOS IS NOT in danger of losing out on Inter-American Development Bank funding, despite continued downgrading by international rating agencies.Rather, new IDB representative in...
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Natural gas back on at Warrens

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A NUMBER of food outlets in the Warrens, St Michael area are back in business after their service was interrupted by a shortage of natural...
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THE HOYOS FILE: Down the economic rabbit hole

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Everywhere you go in this country, it seems, somebody is complaining about the Government. Now, under normal circumstances, this is as it should be.Even...
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