Barbados government debt alarming
BY GEORGE ALLEYNE From Caribbean Life Throughout the elections campaign, and even earlier, Barbados Labour Party Leader, Mia Mottely, had been talking of financial mismanagement in public office, but what she saw since becoming prime minister has shocked the island’s…
Caribbean customs departments targeted for improvement
By Marlon Madden From Barbados Today One regional association is about to turn up the pressure on Barbados and other Caribbean territories that have not yet fully implemented systems in their customs department to improve business facilitation and trade. Officials…
Still waiting on his ships to come in
By Patrick Hoyos From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday November 4, 2014 – Refusing to swallow the medicine from the doctor at the central bank, which had done its best to sugar-coat the bad-tasting prescription without success, our resolute minister of…