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Nine to study in China
The 2016 Chinese Government Scholarship Beneficiaries (from left in front row) Racquel Griffith, Renata Alleyne, Daniesha Maynard, Christopher Lee, Stefan Lorde, Ronisha Best and Mathious Wille, during...
View ArticlePensions to increase
OLD Age non-contributory pensioners in Barbados will be getting an increase in pensions. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler, revealed yesterday that come October this...
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BADMC happy to facilitate non-sugar agri-business
Ann-Marie King (right), Divisional Head of Agri-business at the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Co-operation, in talks with Attorney-at-Law, Susan Sealy (second from right), of the...
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Authorities ensuring country is prepared to handle financial threats
(left) Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Randy Graham, in conversation with President of the Institute of Internal Auditors Barbados Chapter, Eric Small, prior to the...
View ArticleHelp on the way for temporary public officers
ALL temporary public officers with more than three years continuous service in the Public Service, will be appointed. In stating this yesterday, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs,...
View ArticleGovernment looking at duty-free zones
GOVERNMENT is seriously looking at the prospect of creating duty-free zones. That revelation came from Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Chris Sinckler, during his presentation of the...
View ArticleFour Seasons project sold
GOVERNMENT has signed off on an agreement to sell the Four Seasons Project. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler, said so yesterday while presenting his Budget and budgetary...
View ArticleMottley: Not there!
Carry the proposed photovoltaic (PV) farm somewhere else. That’s what Leader of the Opposition and Member of Parliament for St. Michael North East, Mia Mottley is telling the Democratic Labour Party...
View ArticleIllegal drugs destroyed
The Drug Squad destroyed a large quantity of illegal drugs yesterday, consisting of cocaine, compressed cannabis and cannabis plants. Speaking from a location that will remain undisclosed, Inspector...
View ArticleOpposition Leader: What about the sugar industry?
OPPOSITION Leader Mia Mottley has chided Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler for not addressing the sugar industry during his Budget presentation. During her nearly three hour presentation in the...
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Mottley: Full debt level not disclosed
Leader of the Opposition and Member of Parliament for St. Michael North East, Mia Mottley, being embraced by supporters. OPPOSITION Leader Mia Mottley says while a wide cross section of Barbadians...
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guidelines to be completed soon
Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Shelley Nicholls-Hunte, addressing the participants at yesterday's conference. The draft Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF)...
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Where is the Budget?
Opposition Leader, Mia Mottley (centre), heading into Parliament to deliver the Opposition Response to the Annual Financial and Budgetary proposals yesterday. She was joined by St. Michael South-East...
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‘Infrastructure at Bridgetown Port must improve’
From left: Deputy Chairman, Barbados Port Inc., Captain George Fergusson, and Managing Director and CEO of the Barbados Port Inc., David Jean-Marie look on as Chairman of the Barbados Port Inc.,...
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BHTA President: Private sector must look at itself
President of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), Roseanne Myers. ROSEANNE Myers, the president of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) thinks that the private sector needs...
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Clarke expects price increases post-Budget
Vice President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Edward Clarke. EDWARD Clarke, a Vice President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) thinks that Tuesday’s...
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BPSA President suggests Government needs to be prompt issuing VAT returns
Charles Herbert (l), President of the Barbados Private Sector Association. THE private sector invests where there are opportunities to make money. So says Charles Herbert, president of the Barbados...
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Scotia Celebrates 60 years with Sir Garry
Former Managers of the Scotiabank Haggatt Hall Branch honored on the day by Sir Garry (from left) Larry Kinch, Icelma Fagan, Yvette Belgrave, Michael Stuart and Ryan CarringtonBy: André Springer Two...
View ArticleSJPP ENRICHING LIVES
The Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) will do its best to make sure that it continues to meet the needs of the young people pursuing studies at the technical and vocational training...
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POC sending children back-to-school
From left: Keisha Brathwaite, Insurance Analyst at Sun General Insurance; Michelle Whitelaw, Director of Retail Banking Channels at CIBC First Caribbean; Paula Manning, member of Progressive Optimist...
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