Tag: barbados
UN body foresees 40% jobless rate
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is predicting that Barbados could end the year grappling with an unemployment rate of...
Govt to launch new accounting service
The days of having an Auditor General’s report that highlights a myriad of accounting inconsistencies and financial irregularities in Government departments, may soon be...
Barbados slips in UN HDI rating
Barbados has fallen two places in the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI).
In the ranking contained in the just launched UNDP...
Historic win for De Conkie Man
About 7 000 fans turned out for the nocturnal “first” historic night of racing titled the Sir David Seale Racing Nite spectacle in Barbados...
January sentencing for drug smugglers
DRUG SMUGGLERS Wayne Ricardo Worrell and Orel Randy Omar Wiggins will be sentenced in about a month’s time for trying to land over 350...
US officials to decide on vaccine on Thursday
Washington – United States regulators have confirmed the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine is 95 per cent effective, paving the way for it to be approved...