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85 years of standing up for workers

The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) was established on October 4, 1941, at a time when working people were demanding a greater say in their lives and livelihoods. What started with...
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Fitch keeps B+ rating with a positive outlook

Fitch has affirmed its B+ with a positive outlook credit rating for Barbados, dashing the authorities’ previous hope...
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CIF hoping people make use of US$25m available

Organisers of the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2026, now being held in Barbados, are hoping that participants will...
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Costly funding challenge for renewables

Financial barriers, including lenders wary of what they believe are higher risks in the Caribbean, are hindering renewable...
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BETCUL celebrates 60 years of service

What began in 1965 as a simple idea among ten Cable & Wireless employees has grown into six...
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Call for greater cybersecurity awareness

Ashada Joseph -
Young people could be putting their personal information, devices and even home networks at risk without realising it, simply by clicking malicious links on...
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Watson to challenge BLPC nod for costs

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Attorney Tricia Watson will be challenging the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) latest approval of a Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) application to recover...
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‘70% of workers disengaged’

Nationnews Desk -
Barbados could be losing $1.6 billion a year to disengagement and lost productivity in the workplace. That is the “conservative” estimate of new research by...
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Bajans deeper in debt

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbadian families are deep in debt. While the latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) flags the $6.64 billion in household debt at the end of 2025...
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Mortgages rule loans sector

Shawn Cumberbatch -
The continued expansion in mortgages to facilitate the increased construction of houses and commercial properties has become “a key structural vulnerability” on the books of...
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Growing risks threaten financial stability

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados’ financial system is stable but local regulators are warning that global risks have intensified, increasing the likelihood of adverse spillovers into the domestic...
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