AWRIGHT DEN! The 1-2-3 cook-up
Please don't laugh at me for asking this question but, what is the Government's plan for Barbados? I was sitting a night this week thinking about it and, to be quite honest, I had no idea where we were...
View ArticleWHAT MATTERS MOST: A reasoning deficit
Barbados is known to be in the throes of a severe fiscal deficit crisis, but there is an even bigger deficit with greater long-term implications confronting the country, which may be labelled a...
View ArticleSmall growth expected
Yet another international agency is predicting Barbados’ economic performance this year will be nothing to shout about. With Central Bank of Barbados Governor, Dr DeLisle Worrell scheduled to report...
View ArticleScottish visitors sell island at home
THE IMPORTANCE OF word-of-mouth tourism was emphasised on Monday evening during a reception for 50 tourists from Scotland. The visit was organised by James and Heather Hume, who have been coming to...
View ArticleBFA gets FIFA boost
The Barbados Football Association has received FIFA’s blessing for an “income-generating project” that will see local football benefiting from over Bds$2 million over the next two years. Yesterday, two...
View ArticleBBC filmmaker Jay Merriman-Mukoro feared dead in Barbados
Mr Merriman-Mukoro and his wife married last September and had been in Barbados to attend a wedding. While there, he also conducted an interview for a Commonwealth Games documentary for the BBC, which...
View ArticleReport: Bonds looking good
WITH THE CENTRAL BANK about to report on the island’s first quarter economic performance next week, Barbados has received some positive international news about its investment bonds. Bloomberg, an...
View ArticleIt's glam up north, in Barbados
For a small island, Barbados's four points of the compass have a distinct sense of self: from the wealthy west and its beachfront palaces to the wild east with the odd wooden beach house within feet of...
View ArticleThe Stig takes Barbados up a gear
The world's fastest elective mute, the Stig is currently testing out the newly renovated Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados in preparation for the Top Gear Festival which kicks of later this month. The...
View ArticleWinter tourism didn’t drive economy
BARBADOS’ FOREIGN RESERVES got no positive movement after the just ended winter tourist season, and Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr DeLisle Worrell said it was another three months of...
View ArticleStill gearing up for festival
Local tourism officials are pressing ahead with plans for the Top Gear Festival despite the controversy in the British media, and now in Barbados, over the alleged use of the racial ‘N’ word by Top...
View ArticleArchitects told: Get in the know!
This advice has come from chairman of the Barbados World Heritage Committee and Chief Town Planner, Mark Cummins, who is also warning these design professionals that failure to follow the guidelines...
View ArticleSmall growth expected
Yet another international agency is predicting Barbados’ economic performance this year will be nothing to shout about. With Central Bank of Barbados Governor, Dr DeLisle Worrell scheduled to report...
View ArticleBFA gets FIFA boost
The Barbados Football Association has received FIFA’s blessing for an “income-generating project” that will see local football benefiting from over Bds$2 million over the next two years. Yesterday, two...
View ArticleOver 100 golfers to tee-off at Saturday's BGA Scramble
This annual event, which sees accomplished golfers teaming with higher handicap players, is a popular tournament on the Barbados Golf Association's calendar and will have some attractive prizes up for...
View ArticlePassword problems
ACCORDING to Audit Senior in the Customer Service Division of the Barbados Revenue Authority, Neville Clarke, one of the biggest problems with regard to tax filings for the Income Year 2013 was the...
View ArticleFind another way
Earlier this week, a report produced from a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) which was conducted back in 2012 by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Barbados Statistical Service...
View ArticleQuality in depth for Sol Rally Barbados 2014
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) will celebrate the 25th running of its premier event in fine style, with the largest field of World Rally Cars ever assembled in the Caribbean. The provisional entry list...
View ArticleThe vaccination debate – An offshore perspective
The recent implementation of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunisation programme by the government of Barbados has generated a healthy debate relative to the risks which may be associated with this...
View ArticleFight against tax in full swing
At the 'Don't Tax My Credit Union' petition signing yesterday at COB, Lower Broad Street, Bridgetown, Oliver said, “City of Bridgetown is the largest, broad-based credit union in Barbados and we will...
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