Massive renewable energy push

As global energy prices spiral, government is planning a massive switch to renewal energy that it says will attract 2.5 billion dollars in investment. Minister of Energy and Business Development Kerrie Symmonds, the senior minister coordinating the productive sector, has told Parliament the plan will also see the state-owned Barbados National Oil Company switching from […]

Private sector hopes for eventual roll back of protocols

Chair of the Barbados Private Sector Association, Trisha Tannis, believes government should eventually relax most of the covid-19 protocols that are currently in place. But she stresses now is not the time due to the ongoing covid-19 surge. Mrs. Tannis tells Starcom Network News that, as many larger countries have done, the time will come […]