Experience More Of Barbados With 'Free Spending Money' Using The Barbados...
NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The ever-popular Barbados Island Inclusive offer is making its return starting today for travelers to book an idyllic Caribbean getaway. With the Barbados Island...
View ArticleDownstream Strategies, partners to help Barbados with ecosystem planning
West Virginia-based Downstream Strategies, along with the Natural Capital Project, the World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy have all been hired by the Inter-American Development Bank to...
View ArticleCaribbean must work together to address rum subsidies
The official pointed out that he is aware that some efforts were made to have the matter dealt with at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in addition to the fact that both Barbados and Trinidad and...
View ArticleBello is Virgin's new commercial manager
Bello said, “Headquartered in Barbados, Virgin Atlantic will maintain its strong presence in the Caribbean. In this highly competitive airline market we will continue to champion the customer...
View ArticleGet fast and loose with the Dune Rats at Barbados Lounge Bar
GIG: It's the life many young lads could only dream of while bashing away in a garage jam session. Travelling the world with your best mates, rolling from party to party and giving everyone a good...
View ArticleGun worry in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados, faced with an upsurge in gun related crimes, has stepped up surveillance and vigilance at ports of entry, Home Affairs Minister Adriel Brathwaite has said. He...
View ArticleFranklin finishes fifth in Barbados
Micah Franklin closed out his individual bid in the Senior Caribbean Squash Championships in Barbados with a fifth-place finish yesterday. The Bermuda No 1 was awarded a victory after a withdrawal of...
View ArticleBG Capital Group Purchases Atlantic Crossings Equestrian, Launches BG Polo...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- BG Capital Group has purchased the former Atlantic Crossings Equestrian facility, a premier 36-acre equestrian compound located at 7700 8 th Street, ...
View ArticleTitus the swimming titan
Leah Martindale, Bradley Ally, Nicholas Neckles, and Damien Alleyne are some of the biggest names Barbados has ever produced in swimming. They have all represented the island and dominated at all age...
View ArticleON THE RIGHT: Lessons and limitations
The Social Partnership is one key area of labour/employer relations in Barbados that has been used to promote greater productivity. According to [economist Dr Indianna D.] Minto-Coy, a social...
View ArticleTHE ISSUE: Partnership has its challenges
Some individuals and organisations have hailed Barbados’ maintenance of a Social Partnership for more than 20 years as an example for other countries in the region and the world to emulate. But how...
View ArticleA.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Sagicor Financial Corporation and Its Subsidiaries
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- and the issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Sagicor Life Inc. and Sagicor Capital Life Insurance Company Limited (both domiciled in St.
View ArticleMoody’s rating ‘affects interest payments’
One of Barbados’ main financiers is cautioning Government that even as it tries to reduce the fiscal deficit its expenses are likely to rise. The Inter-American Development Bank says credit rating...
View ArticlePlaying field not always level
Her comments came during a recent press conference as she weighed in on the revised report issued by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, which projects that Barbados will...
View ArticleBarbados win big at AFNA
BARBADOS WON THEIR SECOND game in a row earlier tonight, defeating the United States at the Americas Federation of Netball Associations tournament in Canada. Barbados cruised to a 57-26 victory,...
View ArticleTable tennis in high gear
The countdown is on as the Barbados Table Tennis Association (BTTA) prepares to host the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) World Cadet Challenge (WCC) in October. The event is scheduled...
View ArticleBCSI points to education big bucks
Barbados is being challenged to do more to tap the multibillion-dollar global tuition market for foreign students, especially those seeking to learn English. Sheena Alleyne, a senior official of local...
View ArticleCRICKET: Barbados dream over for Rowant
Aston Rowant's dreams of a trip to the Caribbean were dashed as they fell to an agonising six-run home defeat against Reigate Priory in the Barbados & Smile Group Travel Cup semi-final. Reigate,...
View ArticleHoliday home buyers flock to Barbados
Barbados draws in overseas clients to purchase property like no other island. Investors from the UK, US, Canada and mainland Europe flock to buy their second or third home on the island, due in no...
View ArticleBarbados beckons for Aylesbury cricketers
A team of Aylesbury cricketers could be on their way to Barbados after winning the town's first Last Man Stands cricket league last week. The players, from Aylesbury Town Cricket Club, beat three other...
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