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Sagicor Life reports dip in profits
Regional insurance giant Sagicor Life Inc is reporting an $11 million drop in its net profit from $318.8 million in 2016 to $307.5 million last year. However, the company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of...
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Governor defends supervision of IBCs
Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Cleviston Haynes is defending the island’s supervision of the international business sector, stating that the systems in place continued to attract legitimate...
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We will win!
It was a confident Prime Minister Freundel Stuart who led his Democratic Labour Party (DLP) team today to the Treasury – temporally located at the National Housing Corporation – to pay their deposits...
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BLP propaganda, says Sealy
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy has dismissed as Barbados Labour Party (BLP) “propaganda”, suggestions that visitors to the island are spending less than they did in the past. Without pointing to...
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Retiree joins race in St Andrew as an independent
Retiree Stephen Pollard said he has very little money, but this won’t prevent him from putting on a vigorous fight for the hearts and votes of the people of St Andrew. Pollard has entered the race for...
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Denis Lowe is back
Minister of the Environment Dr Denis Lowe today said anyone who believed he was “down and out” was in for “a big surprise”. The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) incumbent for Christ Church East made a...
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Solutions Barbados promises prosperity
Barbadians will have only themselves to blame for the hard times to come after the May 24 general election if they reject Solutions Barbados, the three-year-old political establishment has said....
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Political candidates pay deposits ahead of Nomination Day
Ahead of the May 7 Nomination Day, political candidates contesting the upcoming General Elections are today paying in their $250 deposits Around 9 a.m. Finance Minister Chris Sinckler led members of...
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Agard bows out of 2018 elections
You can count Dr Maria Agard out of the 2018 general elections. The incumbent Christ Church West representative was down to contest the May 24 poll on a United Progressive Party (UPP) ticket after she...
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Two PSV workers to appear in court tomorrow
Two public service vehicle (PSV) workers will appear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court tomorrow following an altercation in the River Van Stand today. They are 30 year-old Travis Tremaine...
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Charged up
The umbrella body for private public service vehicle (PSV) operators has called on Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith to launch a full and thorough investigation into an incident, which reportedly...
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Dr Agard’s withdrawal from election changes nothing – Belle
One of the island’s leading political scientists is contending that outgoing Member of Parliament for Christ Church West Dr Maria Agard’s political career was over three years ago. George Belle, the...
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New leaks
There seems to be no end in sight to the sewage woes along the south coast. Between last night and today, the state-run Barbados Water Authority (BWA) has been faced with new effluent leaks, as well as...
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Bees admit to billboard bungling
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has described a billboard blunder, in which its candidate for The City Jeffrey Bostic was wrongly presented as the candidate for St Michael South, as nothing but a...
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Supreme Court to remain open until further notice, says Chief Justice
Despite a leaky roof and safety concerns raised by staff and their trade union, the Supreme Court complex on Whitepark Road is to remain open. Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson made the announcement in...
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Drowning in debt
Burdened by mounting financial problems, including $500 million in loans it cannot service, the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) today announced it was considering a rise in water rates to help it cope....
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‘Gloom and despair’
The grim first quarter economic review by the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) is further proof that the “policy prescriptions” of the Freundel Stuart-led Democratic Labour Party (DLP) have failed, the...
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No need to fret over latest Central Bank report, Sinckler says
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has sought to calm nerves over yesterday’s report issued by the Central Bank of Barbados (CCB), which showed a faltering economy and international foreign exchange...
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Stuart claims BLP has run out of steam
With the general election due in three weeks from today, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is contending that his party’s main rival for office is running out of steam even before the campaign gets into...
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Man who attacked Barbados’ Foreign Minister gets 18-month jail term
The St Philip man who robbed Foreign Affairs Minister Maxine McClean and committed several other crimes between December 2017 and February this year has been sentenced to 18 months in prison....
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