Barbados express adds Joel Garner touch
The Australian women's cricket team was braced for another barrage of Joel Garner-like fire and brimstone from rookie West Indies pace bowler Shamilia Connell in Thursday's one-day international at...
View ArticleON THE RIGHT: No long term gains in reform proposals
I do not agree with removing incentives – especially investment-driven incentives – particularly when the recovery that Barbados should expect will be driven on investment. Tax rationalisation is good....
View ArticleWatson, Skeete the ROC Bajans
The two defeated a short list of 20 drivers in the finals of the Suzuki Rocks Barbados Challenge at Bushy Park last Sunday, which was made up of five on-track challenges against the clock, including...
View ArticleKempton Park
Gypsy Rider beat CAPTAIN SCOOBY at Wolverhampton before the latter went on to win at Nottingham a week ago. Kieran Shoemark's allowance negates the top weight's penalty and he can turn the tables with...
View ArticleCozy at Coverley
“I think it is only fair that we take tennis and show it to the whole of Barbados. “It is not just designated to a certain segment of society,” Clarke said. Clarke said the sponsors, Massy United...
View ArticleA.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Harmony General Insurance Company Ltd
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Harmony General Insurance Company Ltd . The outlook
View ArticleFrom the Archives: PM’s Word
PRIME MINISTER FREUNDEL STUART says tertiary education in Barbados will remain free across the board, dismissing suggestions that only the “less well off” should receive state subsidies. And, he...
View ArticleBarbados ratifies Convention on Transnational Organised Crime
The Instrument of Ratification was presented today to the United Nations Treaty Section in New York, by the Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, Joseph Goddard. The Convention...
View ArticleParade to mark 48 years of Independence
Governor-General, Sir Elliott Belgrave, will inspect the detachments on parade, which will include the Mounted Troop of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF), the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), the...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: PM's Word
Addressing the 38th graduation ceremony of the Barbados Community College (BCC) on Sunday night, Stuart said that the country's model of free education across the board was admired and praised by...
View ArticleBajan senior saddles four medals
The 60-year-old Harding, who still competes on the local scene in the Barbados Cycling Union's events for the Fugen cycling team, has been a regular at the games over the last few years. But this time,...
View ArticleBarbados express Shamilia Connell adds Joel Garner touch to West Indies
Connell, who, like Garner of the fearsome Calypso Kings who ruled the sport in the 1970s and '80s, is from Barbados, tall, dangerously quick and not scared to bowl bouncers, made her international one...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: PM’s Word
PRIME MINISTER FREUNDEL STUART says tertiary education in Barbados will remain free across the board, dismissing suggestions that only the “less well off” should receive state subsidies. And, he...
View ArticleBarbados ratifies Convention on Transnational Organised Crime
The Instrument of Ratification was presented today to the United Nations Treaty Section in New York, by the Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, Joseph Goddard. The Convention...
View ArticleParade to mark 48 years of Independence
Governor-General, Sir Elliott Belgrave, will inspect the detachments on parade, which will include the Mounted Troop of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF), the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), the...
View ArticleBajan senior saddles four medals
The 60-year-old Harding, who still competes on the local scene in the Barbados Cycling Union's events for the Fugen cycling team, has been a regular at the games over the last few years. But this time,...
View ArticleGap should be mini Vegas
Of course, investors will be wary about putting their money in a depressed economy such as Barbados at the moment, especially if the project is Government-led. The risks with Government are just too...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: All hands on deck for cleaner Barbados
Barbados finds itself in a Catch 22 situation today. While trying to fight the dangerous Aedes aegypti mosquito which is responsible for dengue fever and chikungunya, garbage can be seen piling up in...
View ArticleAWRIGHT DEN: Thinking out loud
He also stated that officials from Abu Dhabi and Dubai were in Barbados and they had fruitful discussions and those discussions are ongoing. Now I am not an economist, neither am I versed in public...
View ArticleWHAT MATTERS MOST: What's wrong with the VAT
A recent study done to justify the introduction of a value added tax (VAT) in a developed regional economy, showed that Barbados has one of the best performing VAT systems in the world. This...
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