Thursday, April 25, 2024

Business

British Airways celebrates 70 years in Barbados

SEVENTY YEARS AGO, the first direct British Airways (BA) flight landed in Barbados. Yesterday, the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) celebrated the occasion with a media briefing in the Lloyd...

TikTok faces US ban as bill set to be signed by Biden

The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok's...

CDB boss steps down with ‘immediate effect’

BRIDGETOWN – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has resigned with “immediate...

IMF reduces growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slightly lowered its economic growth forecast for Barbados. Prior to last week’s Spring...

Tesla cuts prices in major markets as sales fall

Tesla has cut its prices again in a number of major markets - including the US, China and...

Strike action

STAFF NURSES and nursing assistants at the Psychiatric Hospital are currently on strike.They are complaining about a number of grievances including unfair treatment by...

ON THE RIGHT: Tax treaty will play key role

Our economies are very similar. We support our activities on international services and the new challenges that we are facing, for instance, the fact...

ON THE LEFT: Historic and cultural value

Building a bridge is a careful, painstaking task. It calls for great skill and ingenuity, as well as detailed prior research, investigation and drawings.A...

THE ISSUE: Prospects seem favourable

As Barbados searches for ways to diversify its economy Latin America is being mentioned increasingly as a market in need of attention.In the case...

Mum’s cry for closure

The mother of a child at the centre of a five-year-old molestation case is begging court authorities to bring it to an end –...

Family shocked by violent death

ON MONDAY, Antonio “De Bain” Stanford ate, drank and made merry as he celebrated his 37th birthday. However, he died yesterday after being stabbed...