Rebranding ‘success’
Trinidad and Tobago conglomerate Massy Holdings is having a bittersweet time in Barbados. Senior Massy officials reported last week that the company raised more than $200 million from the sale of the...
View ArticleSandals to open new luxury resort in Barbados
Sandals Resorts International will open a new luxury resort in Barbados on Jan. 28 following a $65 million renovation of the former Couples Barbados. Located on Barbados' southern coast, the resort...
View ArticleBarbados must remain safe, says PM
The Prime Minister gave the commitment while addressing visitors from around the globe at his official residence last night when he hosted the first in the annual series of winter season receptions for...
View ArticleMedical school eyeing Barbados
Speaking mainly about the unique Nigerian educational programme, where a large number of Nigerians have come here to undertake studies at the Barbados Community College (BCC), Jones said Barbados would...
View ArticleRich Brits to lead industry’s recovery
Barbados should prepare to welcome more British visitors in the coming months. British travel trade representative ABTA has just released its Travel Trends Report 2015 and the results show that...
View ArticleSlave hut now in ruins
A few years ago it was deemed a building of historic interest by the Barbados National Trust. However, Tropical Storm Tomas partially destroyed the roof in 2010, and last October the remainder of the...
View Article'Not enough data'
Barbadian economist Wayne Lovell is questioning senior banker Ian De Souza's conclusion, that based on an historical correlation between the British and Barbados economies, Barbados' economy will start...
View ArticleBobby Genovese's BG Signature Collection Announces Partnership With...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BG Signature, a luxury vacation real estate collection with destinations around the world, recently announced its partnership with celebrated...
View ArticleTHE HOYOS FILE: Sir Henry Fraser, superstar
What happens when you bring four or five articulate, knowledgeable, passionate, dedicated architectural heritage advocates together to discuss the restoration of Barbados' built heritage? A sixth arrives.
View ArticleSpace Ibiza all the rave
To celebrate a quarter-century of being the most awarded nightclub of our time, Space Ibiza celebrated by visiting 25 cities around the world – including Barbados. Hosted by local electronic dance...
View ArticleOUTSIDE THE PULPIT: We owe it to Nigerians
It is almost certain that something has gone wrong with the arrangements for the 90 Nigerians from Delta State who came to Barbados to study at the Barbados Community College (BCC) in the areas of...
View ArticleYarico monument to be unveiled next week
A HISTORIC MONUMENT with international appeal will soon be unveiled in Barbados. John Kidd and his family, organisers of the Holders Season, have erected a monument in memory of Yarico, an Amerindian...
View ArticleWoman jailed for trying to bring cocaine to Barbados
According to Massiah, the man later asked her if she would be willing to transport the drugs to Barbados and she consented. In his presentation, Massiah said the man met Timmerman last Friday and gave...
View ArticleBarbados central bank predicts economic growth of two per cent for 2015
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday January 16, 2015, CMC – The Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Tuesday said that the island's economy is poised to achieve growth of about two per cent this year up from the...
View ArticleCentral Bank’s boast
Barbados may well have “turned the corner for an improvement in economic performance” and it has the Central Bank to thank. That’s what Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell has told Central Bank employees,...
View ArticleBarbados Signs PROCEER Memorandum
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release) : Bridgetown - Jan. 16, 2015 - Minister of Home Affairs, Adriel Brathwaite, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Organization of American...
View ArticleTwelve enrolled in Barbados Drug Treatment Court
The Barbados Drug Treatment Court is a Magistrates' Court, and persons charged with non-violent related offences, whose drug addiction or dependency is a factor in the commission of their crimes, are...
View ArticleMount Gay Round Barbados Series - Last min dash for tomorrow's start
With teams continuing to arrive all day in time for the start of Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series tomorrow, the Bajan party scene kicked off early this evening with a steel band and Mount Gay rum...
View ArticleBus driver claims jet lag after Barbados holiday was reason for crash which
A bus driver who smashed into another double decker bus injuring two passengers has blamed the crash on jet lag after a Caribbean getaway. Andrew Boyce, 48, was driving the Stagecoach bus the morning...
View ArticleB’dos a leader in regional trade
Despite a 17.5 per cent decline in global merchandise exports, Barbados’ manufacturers and producers remain competitive in the export of goods to markets in CARICOM when compared with other exporters...
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