Top chef backing Barbados venture
CHEF Paul Wedgwood is injecting cash into an expanding restaurant and delicatessen business on the Caribbean island of Barbados.
View ArticleBEHIND THE HEADLINES: The virtues of privatization
These aren’t heady days for Barbados and its economy. Saddled with a huge pile of debt, a widening public deficit and increasing business failures, not to mention high unemployment, the Caribbean...
View ArticleNot fair, says Sir Charles
One of Barbados’ leading builders is fed up with the uneven playing field on which he says his company has to compete for state contracts. Chairman of C.O. Williams Construction Limited (COW), Sir...
View ArticleReport paints picture of decline
The Barbados economy is in a unique position, and not in a good way. A new Caribbean Economic Performance Report issued by the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF) concluded that the island...
View ArticleSupport for Cardiff charter
Call it from Cardiff to Barbados with love. Jon Horne, chief executive of Cardiff Airport in Wales, is hailing plans by Sandals to start a Cardiff to Barbados charter in March next year. As Horne saw...
View ArticleTHE HOYOS FILE: Barbados switch to IMF autopilot
We end the year noting that our country is finally and fully under the economic control of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It seems strange to me that what would be a badge of shame for the...
View ArticleBarbados a beacon, says Mallalieu
PRESIDENT of the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) Andrew Mallalieu has underscored the importance of Barbados in steering the path of motor sport in the region. “Barbados is certainly punching above...
View ArticleChristmas Message: Crime fall-off
by Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith Every year, members of the Royal Barbados Police Force are called upon to make personal sacrifices in order to cope with the increased demands for...
View ArticleChristmas Message: BARP has a role to play
by the Barbados Association of Retired Persons As we celebrate the birth of the Christ child, we at the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) extend to our many members and friends in Barbados...
View ArticleChristmas Message: Sir Roy: Time for giving
by Sir Roy Trotman, Barbados Workers' Union The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) knows as everyone else does that Christmas is a time for generosity. Generosity is not easy when you feel yourself facing...
View ArticleRihanna Goes Bikini Boating in Barbados--See the Pic!
After showering her loved ones with gifts, Rihanna hit the waves for a post-Christmas boat trip in Barbados with friends. Clad in a string bikini, hot pink shades and blue hot pants, the...
View ArticleUnion silent following talks with Barbados government
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados— The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is keeping silent following three hours of talks earlier this week with officials from the Ministry of the Civil Service in the wake of...
View ArticleBarbados Looks To Reinforce International Financial Sector
Speaking at a recent forum of CARIFORUM ministers responsible for financial services and international business, Barbados's minister Donville Inniss highlighted the key contribution of the...
View ArticleISSUE OF THE YEAR: Economy – year’s game-changer
BARBADOS’ ECONOMY HAS BEEN anchored on a fixed exchange parity with the United States dollar of 2:1 since the early 1970s and that situation has allowed the country, including its private sector,...
View ArticleCara Delevingne Shows Off Rihanna-Inspired Tattoo Under Her Boobs—See the...
Cara Delevingne is sporting some under-boob ink! While vacationing in Barbados for the holidays this week, the 21-year-old model hit the beach in a two-piece bikini that showed off a...
View ArticleAlice Eve Flaunts Bikini Body, Horses Around With Brothers on the Beach in...
You can add Alice Eve to the list of celebs enjoying a holiday getaway in Barbados (I'm talking to you, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne)! Earlier today, the 31-year-old Star Trek actress...
View ArticleBarbados name squad for Super50
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—Barbados’ cricket selectors have retained most of the players who campaigned in the regional tournament this year for the NAGICO Super50 Cup in Trinidad and Tobago, starting next...
View ArticleRihanna and Cara Delevingne Party Together in Barbados—See the Pic!
Look at these beaming beauties in Barbados! Good pals Cara Delevingne and Rihanna enjoyed a fun night out on the town, captured in an adorable snapshot, on Saturday, Dec....
View ArticleFerguson to miss Swansea visit as former United boss jets to Barbados with...
Sir Alex Ferguson will not be at Old Trafford for the visit of Swansea on Saturday afternoon. Sportsmail understands that the former United boss flew out to Barbados with family on Friday for a...
View ArticleWest Indies and England play weirdest Test match ever at Barbados in 1935
And never did the volatility that marks the interplay of rain, sun and wind dictate the course of the game as much as it did at Barbados during this Test. Bridgetown was drenched as rain poured...
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