Feed price hike
Barbados’ lone animal feed manufacturer Pinnacle Feeds has increased the cost of their feed by around three percent from today. Earlier this year government negotiated with Pinnacle Feeds to provide a subsidy to help keep feed prices down but that subsidy has expired. Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society, James Paul’ says this […]
Pension promise
Government authorities promise that all is being done to get pension cheques delivered with most of that expected to be done by the end of today, if not tomorrow. Government’s Director of Finance and Economic Affairs Ian Carrington provided an update to Starcom Network News following complaints from a number pensioners about not receiving their […]
Big turnout for VAT free Monday
Hundreds of shoppers lined up outside supermarkets from as early as 5 o’clock this morning in order to be among the first through the door for Vat-Free Monday, an initiative announced by government on Saturday. At Popular Supermarket at Kendal Hill, lines extended along a nearby street and shoppers told Starcom Network News of being […]