Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Business

‘Explore’ Oval’s investment potential

Barbadians must stop being “meek and mild and peaceful and polite” if they want their country to really reap the financial sweets from investments made in preparation for hosting...

St Kitts and Nevis PM raises red flag over CDB president’s suspension

Dr Gene Leon’s return to his position as president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) appears unlikely in...

Eyes on cricket T20 World Cup

BEFORE BARBADOS HOSTED its first Cricket World Cup final in 2007, Barbadians expected the costs to outweigh the...

Biden urged to ban China-made electric vehicles

President Joe Biden has been urged to ban imports of Chinese-made electric cars to the US. The chair of...

Park ‘must go’

The operator of a beach front restaurant at Paynes Bay, St James has been ordered to dismantle a...

Central Bank steps up fight against hackers

THE CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS is working with other regulators and its licensees to fortify the financial system against “inevitable” cyber attacks. Tamara Hurley, Deputy...

US inflation jumps as fuel and housing costs rise

Consumer prices in the US rose faster than expected last month, in a sign that the fight to slow inflation has stalled. Prices rose 3.5%...

Barbados lab reaches global standard

The Best Dos-Santos Public Health Laboratory has been officially recognised as a National Influenza Centre and a member of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)...

King Charles receives first issue of new banknotes

King Charles came face to face with his own face on the new banknotes which will go into circulation in June. At Buckingham Palace, the...

World’s prices up after seven months

Global food prices have increased for the first time in seven months. And while the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN)...

Guyana gas-to-power project to shave weeks off oil output, hit revenue

GEORGETOWN, April 8 (Reuters) - Guyana’s efforts to use its natural gas resources to fuel a power plant that would slash the South American...