Barbados Commerce Minister urges retailers to lower prices.

Commerce Minister Dwight Sutherland is encouraging retailers to lower prices more following the removal of the NSRL. Speaking this morning as he toured Massy Stores Supercentre at Warrens, St. Michael, he said food prices, though not at the levels they were before July 1st this year when the NSRL was removed, are still high. Mr. […]

BWA STAFF GETTING THEIR BACK PAY – THREATENED LOCK-OUT FAILS TO MATERIALISE

The Barbados Water Authority staff continue to operate from their new Pine, St. Michael headquarters despite an alleged threat by the property developers Innotech to lock them out of the property for non-payment of the lease payment for the building. BWA staffers tell Starcom Network News that last week some of them were briefed by […]

Part three of the Barbados government’s economic restructuring plan to commence in January.

Stage three of Barbados’ Economic Restructuring and Transformation Plan is to commence in January next year, and could possibly include another round of jobs cuts. The stakeholders in Barbados’ Social Partnership – government, the trade unions and the private sector – met for roughly four hours Monday and were updated on government’s restructuring plan on […]

Top Stories In November

Starcom Network News brings you “Month In Review” – a look at the top stories in November.