World’s Biggest Food Company Warns of More Price Increases
Nestlé, the world’s largest food group, says the price of staple items will rise further this year, adding to a string of warnings from consumer giants of more pain to come for stretched households. The maker of Nescafé coffee and KitKat chocolate bars increased prices by 8.2 percent in 2022, but said this was not […]
Hoteliers Pleased With Tourism Rebound
The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association reports the island recorded good arrival numbers for December last year surpassing pre pandemic levels. This was among the disclosures this morning during a BHTA news briefing. Chair of the BHTA, Renee Coppin disclosed that arrivals in October and November also improved over the previous year but were not […]
Electronic Vehicle Tag Law Coming
The road traffic act is to be amended to mandate the electronic registration and tagging of all vehicles in this country with a major rollout of the system to commence in a few months. Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Santia Bradshaw, tells Starcom Network News that the pilot phase now underway is focusing […]
BAS Boss Fuming Over Cow Thieves
Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society, James Paul, is again calling for strong action to deal with praedial larceny. He was speaking following the recent theft of animals, worth thousands of dollars, belonging to a farmer. He appealed for the public’s help in identifying the thieves. Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural […]
Daring Daylight Car Heist
A female car owner is distraught and her mechanic traumatized after the vehicle was stolen from him and another man at knife-point in broad daylight this morning at Kingsland, Christ Church. The vehicle’s own Leah Brewster tells Starcom Network News she had taken her car to a mechanic to be serviced and was in a […]