Republic Bank in Trinidad says it has received the green light from the regulatory authorities in Barbados to make an offer to purchase the remaining shares...
(Barbados Nation) – The search for oil offshore Barbados could now begin as early as next year. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart told Parliament today, as he...
At a two day international conference on the financial services sector in St. John’s, Antigua, a leading international expert has urged Caribbean nations to stand their...
Health officials in Barbados have issued a leptospirosis alert urging the public to wear adequate protective clothing when participating in outdoor work or recreational activities, such...
Governor of the Barbados Central Bank., Delisle Worrell. PHOTO/FP (Barbados Nation) – Barbados Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell has gone head-to-head with the International Monetary...
(Barbados Nation) – The Barbados Labor Party (BLP) today rallied its troops to “answer the call” by Barbadians for leadership, good governance and programmes to put...
Barbados has set up a select committee to determine whether the country should enter an intergovernmental agreement with the United States government on the Foreign Account...
(MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Columbus International Inc. (“Columbus”) announced that it officially acquired formal approval to enter the Barbados telecommunications market. The approval includes the acquisition...
The Caribbean information communication and technology (ICT) road show opened in Bridgetown, Barbados on Monday with regional countries being called upon to develop their own blueprint...
Winners Development has announced a partnership with American World Clinics (AWC) to jointly develop an international medical center in Barbados. The US$100 million project will be...
(Barbados Nation) Policyholders in Barbados have lost their ten-year-old BBD$163 million (US$81.5 million) class action suit against Canadian insurance giant Manulife. The suit against Manulife, was...
Barbados will host this year’s XV Inter-American Microenterprise Forum (Foromic 2012) from October 1 to 3, marking the first time ever that the event will be...
The Bank of Barbados said Monday that the principal impact of the weak economic environment on the local financial sector continues to be anaemic loan growth...
New housing development in Vaucluse -St. Thomas, Barbados. PHOTO/Terra Caribbean Citizens of Barbados still want to build their dream home despite a tough economic climate and...
(PRNewswire) – In an effort to bring renewed focus to the rich histories of the African Diaspora and its lasting impression on the Caribbean, the island...
Mexican animal health officials examining poultry at a commercial farm in Jalisco in late June 2012. PHOTO/Mexico Agriculture Department Barbados has banned the importation of live...
Barbados has launched the ‘eZpay service’ for the electronic payment of tax. Initially, the eZpay service will be limited to the collection of land taxes and...
Latest job numbers from Barbados indicate that unemployment jumped to nearly 12 percent in the first quarter of 2012, pushing past the 10 percent mark recorded...
The US-based international rating agency, Moody Investors Service, has given Barbados a negative rating outlook indicating that the islands fiscal deficits would remain high for the...
Barbados and its citizens do not want a devaluation of their currency and Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr DeLisle Worrell has delivered that...
Swiftly following on the heels of the news that Prime Minister Freundel Stuart declared that Barbados would be moving to address the current trade imbalance that...
The government of Barbados will float 30 percent of its stakes in the Barbados National Oil Company, the Grantley Adams International Airport, and the Barbados Port...
Barbados has announced numerous changes to the nation’s tax regime in the 2012-13 Budget. Some of the changes include revisions to the corporate and personal income...
(Barbados Nation)The government of Barbados could soon be facing legal action from REDjet. Robbie Burns, founder and business development director of REDjet, revealed the airline had...
Barbados has not forgotten the potential of the African market for tourism, according to Tourism Minister Richard Sealy. Sealy, who was speaking recently at the launch...
Trinidad & Tobago is moving to stave off a trade dispute with Barbados. Trinidad & Tobago has apologized for the actions of its food safety agency...
The Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation Inc., (BEF) has recorded significant progress in the collaboration to ensure that Barbados is the ‘number 1 Entrepreneurial Hub in the World...
(Barbados Nation) – The last airplane belonging to REDjet left Barbados yesterday afternoon, hours after the court gave the company the all-clear to fly its aircraft...
Barbados-based grounded low-fare carrier REDjet may never fly again. According to sources, the airline has informed the 94 staffers by letter yesterday that it could no...
(Barbados Nation) – After cutting about 10 percent of its staff in Jamaica through a voluntary separation package in 2009, Digicel is expanding its offer to...
Over 200 new jobs to be created for the people of Barbados and BBD$65 million (US$35.5 million) injected into the economy. (PR Newswire) – Karib Cable...
Incoming Governor General of Barbados., Justice Elliott Belgrave Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has announced that Justice Elliott Belgrave will be conferred Knight of St Andrew...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File A poll published in the Sunday Sun newspaper said Barbados citizens preferred the three-term...
(Barbados Nation) While Barbados businesses gripe about how bad the economy is performing, Trinidadians are investing heavily in the country and positioning themselves for an economic...
First Citizens has signed an agreement to acquire Butterfield Bank Barbados Limited, a subsidiary of Bank of NT Butterfield and Son Limited. The acquisition, pending regulatory...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his administration has not turned its back on the cash-strapped low budget carrier, REDjet, that halted its services to regional...
Barbados narrowly edged-out Puerto Rico for the highest position among Caribbean countries in the 2012 Global Information Technology Report (GITP). Placing 35th out of 142 in...
Barbados Prime Minister., Freundel Stuart Barbados is holding its own and intends to successfully weather the global downturn, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart told members of the...
(Reuters) – Australia turned around the first Test against the West Indies in Barbados on Tuesday through a great rearguard action from their tailenders and some...
Guyana is leaving the door open for low cost carrier REDjet to resume its flights, saying it will not revoke the carrier’s licence. Cabinet Secretary Dr....
Barbados’ cabinet has approved the US$188.5 million Mangrove Pond Green Energy complex at the Mangrove Pond landfill. The approval of the project, which will include solar...
(PRNewswire) – Digicel Group, the best value mobile operator in the Caribbean, Central America and Pacific, has acquired Haitian mobile operator, Voila, from its parent company,...
REDjet grounded The government of Trinidad and Tobago has revoked the license of the Caribbean’s first discount airline (REDjet) as it struggles to survive. Transport Minister...
There are possibilities that Barbados-based air carrier REDjet could lose its operating licence to Trinidad. As airline officials remain locked in what is being described as...
Grounded – REDJet Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart stays clear of guaranteeing any financial assistance to low-cost carrier REDjet, even as he prepares to hold talks...
Grounded – REDJet (Barbados Nation) – Grounded low-cost carrier REDjet yesterday reported that negotiations to get it flying again were at a “sensitive stage”, as Trinidad...
(Barbados Nation) – A Day after low-cost carrier REDjet announced the immediate suspension of its flights, one of its primary regional competitors moved hastily to pick...
Barbados-based low cost carrier, REDJet, has suspended all of its flights until further notice. The airline, which started business last May, issued a statement shortly before...
(Barbados Nation) – The government of Barbados is reporting a significant drop in unemployment. In leading off debate in the House of Assembly on the 2012-2013...
RedJet today announced the launch of ticket sales for its newest route between Barbados and Antigua. A statement from the airline said that the inaugural flight...
Barbados is now the 10th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state to sign a visa waiver agreement with Haiti, allowing business people from that country and diplomats...
Trinidad and Tobago Point Fortin LNG terminal. PHOTO/File A natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago could be flowing into Barbados within 18 months. This was announced...
Barbados minister of Finance, Chris Sinckler has revealed that Barbados has been placed on a watch list by the Financial Stability Board, an offshoot of the...
A worker at Federated Pharmaceutical, Kingston, Jamaica. PHOTO/File Small businesses in Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Dominica and St. Lucia, are poised to receive assistance to improve their...
(Barbados Nation) REDjet has had a significant impact on Barbados’ visitor arrivals from the Caribbean and Tourism Minister Richard Sealy has affirmed government’s commitment to supporting...
(Barbados Nation) Barbados is on the verge of another financial downgrade. And Deputy Central Bank of Barbados Governor Harold Codrington says to avoid it the island...
Ryan Braithwaite. PHOTO/File At age 21, Ryan Brathwaite gave Barbados its first gold medal at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, when he won the...
Spending cuts in Barbados are necessary as government revenues remain under pressure, but reductions which are too swift and deep could do significant damage to the...
Shareholder governments of the regional airline, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), said they had taken a number of “tough decisions” including cutting back on routes as...
Two things which have impacted negatively on the Caribbean’s first and only Low Fares Airline REDjet are now being remedied. The first was a statement last...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested that the government of Barbados should raise more money from tax in reviewing its medium-term fiscal strategy, aimed at...
(Barbados Nation) – Striking teachers at the Alexandra School will return to classes at the St Peter School on Wednesday morning. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured),...
REDjet, the first and only Caribbean low-cost carrier, is aiming to pursue dramatic expansion in 2012 with up to eight new destinations. The ambitious and pioneering...
The Central Bank of Barbados said government must strictly adhere to the targets of its Medium Term Fiscal Strategy to maintain the economic stability achieved in...
Low-cost Caribbean airline REDjet denied recent reports that it planned to cut flights. An internal memo quoted by one regional paper claimed REDjet was experiencing financial...
Barbados Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Christopher Sinckler. PHOTO/File Christopher Sinckler, the Barbados Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, has assured Barbadians that the Four...
There were further signs of financial trouble Tuesday at the Caribbean first low cost carrier REDjet, mere weeks after officials said it needed an US$8 million...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados’ tourism industry could take a serious hit this year from two international events: the Olympic Games in London and the Presidential Elections...
With many people expecting 2012 to be an election year in Barbados, one economist is warning that the country cannot afford the increased spending that usually...
A great amount of political goodwill will be required for survival of the governments in Barbados and Guyana as they cope with different challenges. For Barbados,...
CMC – Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on Thursday ranked Barbados as the least corrupt country in the region. A report released by the...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured), collapsed in the reportedly crowded sergeants’ mess of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) headquarters at St Ann’s Fort...
(Barbados Nation) – Digicel Barbados has appealed to Government to approve its application for a fixed line service in order to level the telecommunications playing field....
(Barbados Nation) – The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) will not be privatized and will remain a state-owned radio and television station despite its debt-ridden state, Prime...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados was given a new warning yesterday to get its economic house in order or be faced with a downgrade by Standard & Poor’s....
Barbados is looking to reduce its oil import bill by 30 percent over the next two decades, and in the process, have cumulative savings of $US...
The vision of Barbados as a 24-hour work hub has moved closer to reality as the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation (BEF) reports that almost 60% of the...
Nahki Wells and Khano Smith scored to help Bermuda beat Barbados 2-1 on Monday in a World Cup qualifying game. Sheridan Grosvenor scored for Barbados in...
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured), has hailed Andrew Bynoe as a major success story and said such champion entrepreneurs have exploded the myth that black businesses do...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados will not be dictated to by Britain or any other when it comes to homosexuality laws, says Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite. He...
The CEO of REDjet, Ian Burns has re-iterated that the REDjet is a low fare airline and that it will not be abandoning its low fares...
(Caribbean360) The port of Bridgetown in Barbados has been recognized as being the safest in the Caribbean. This is as a result of the high level...
(Barbados Nation) A two-year wage freeze in the Public Service and immediate cuts in Government spending form part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription...
The government of Barbados is in the process reviewing legislation that would effect a renewable energy policy as part of efforts to slash the country’s electricity...
Barbados National Soccer Team Barbados’ World Cup dreams were shattered when they suffered another humiliating 2-0 defeat by Guyana in their Group B Confederation of North,...
Barbados and other Caribbean nations have endured the loss of their highly skilled and educated labor to the United States, Canada and other developed nations in...
The US-based Emera Inc. Tuesday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Emera Caribbean Limited has agreed to sell its 19.1 percent interest in the St. Lucia Electricity...
Barbados based budget carrier, REDjet are on track to start a Jamaican Airline. This was revealed by the Chief Executive Officer, Ian Burns who indicated that...
Landline telephone subscribers in Barbados will pay more for the service from next month. LIME, the country’s only full service provider, announced there would be an...
The Labour Minister is working hard to get the legislation enacted soon.
Tickets go on sale for flights starting in two months.
Low cost Barbados-based carrier REDjet, will unveil Jamaica flights along with other routes this week. Customers will soon be able to see new schedules online and...
The conference is expected to attract 300 Caribbean and international renewable energy stakeholders.
The World Economic Forum is has flagged security, infrastructure, inefficient resource issues and innovation-lag as main hurdles to the region’s competitiveness.
Trinidad and Tobago defender Julius James, right, clears the ball in front of Barbados player Rievere Williams during the 2014 World Cup qualifier at the National...
A Denver-based medical investment company will open a hospital in Barbados in 2013 that it expects to be a center of medical tourism and an attractive...
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy (pictured), is adamant that the Government made the right decision in helping refinance the now stalled Four Seasons project, despite the...
Barbados’ new Chief Justice Marston Gibson (pictured), wants to observe first, before making any pronouncements on how he plans to approach his new job. Shortly after...
Officials say services should return to normal by mid-week after several days of cancellations because of aircraft problems.
The low-cost carrier gets a third aircraft after three months in the skies.
On August 8 Jamaica made history by participating in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Amateur Radio in International Space Station (ARISS) programme.A total of...
But the increase in VAT and other measures from the 2010 Budget have not been rolled back either. Tourism and business are among the sectors that...
If there is once certainty Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler (pictured), will pull from his Budget ‘black box’ it will be another round of Government belt-tightening...
Government has decided to bring the CARICOM/Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement into full force.
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured), will be officially appointed President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) at it’s Annual General Conference next Saturday. General Secretary, George...
The twin-island republic has been approached by several Caribbean countries to help them with a food card programme.
The UK airline says routes to the Caribbean made a significant contribution to boosting revenues and profits.
Low cost intraregional carrier REDjet has started discussions with an airline in Central America and several regional governments to create a new air service link with...
Test batsman Kraigg Brathwaite (pictured), stroked a solid half-century to pilot Barbados to a nine-wicket win over Jamaica in the opening round of the West Indies...
Now that the Barbados-carrier has permission to fly to two more countries from Trinidad, it has promised that the public will hear today what the schedules...
REDjet, the Barbados-based discount airline, is to begin flights into St Lucia from as early as October, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Senator Allen Chastanet announced...
Joel “Big Bird” Garner (pictured), has been re-elected as president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). He was re-elected tonight securing 148 votes, way clear of...
Following the latest murders in Barbados – the killing of 79-year-old retired engineer Arthur Chaderton and his 42-year-old son-in-law, Metamara Stock, Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite (pictured),...
Regional travellers will hear about new routes in a couple days.
CLICO and British American Insurance Company investors warn the Prime Minister and Finance Minister in Barbados that continued disrespect will lead to action, “the likes of...
There will be no summer flights as regional travellers were hoping.
The move is a show of commitment to a Global Environmental Facility project.
The wider Latin America and Caribbean region will see 4.7 percent economic growth.
The airline’s management and unions have reached agreement on the month-end closure of the offices all across the region.
He points to four non-Eastern Caribbean countries within CARICOM as being the ones who must provide focused leadership on integration.
The Barbados-based businessman gets recognition in the premier business awards programme in the United States.
The United Nations adds Bridgetown, including the historic Garrison Savannah, to the list, the first every entry for Barbados.
THE US Department of State yesterday announced the creation of the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace (CIM), partnering with Scotiabank, the bank with the largest commercial footprint in...
