Friday, April 26, 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...

HCFC phase out by 2030

Since 1994 Barbados has been actively following guidelines under the Montreal Protocol to phase out the use of ozone depleting substances. Minister of Environment and...

NATION newscast September 15, 2014

IN TONIGHT’S NEWS:Postal workers being trained to detect firearms.NCF considering changes for Crop Over.Barbados win big in tennis. http://www.youtube.com/embed/6tqhGYP96eE

Contraband watch at post offices

GOVERNMENT IS making sure illegal firearms cannot be smuggled through the post office.Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite said the process...

Swift action saves house from fire

A GOODLAND, ST MICHAEL household is thanking officers of the Barbados Fire Service following their swift action that saved their home.According to the Fire...

Innotech looking to the region

The Caribbean is fast developing into a key market for one of Barbados’ leading construction firms, which has already secured a number multimillion dollar...

Three for gas station robbery

THREE MEN ARE SCHEDULED to appear in court today to face several charges of robbery, including that of the Paynes Bay gas station last...