Barbados Paying Severance to Former LIAT Workers.
Prime Minister Mottley has announced that the Barbados government will pay severance to all of the Barbadian former employees of the airline LIAT. Speaking in the House of Assembly she noted that St. Lucia had already done so for its nationals. She disclosed that 75 thousand Barbados dollar in cash will be paid to each […]
Private Investors Bid To Take Over B’dos Sugar Industry
A private investor is set to take over the Barbados sugar industry with a paper on the planned privatisation to go before cabinet shortly. The announcement has been made in the House of Assembly by Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir. Mr. Weir has previously said that this year’s crop would be the […]
“Specifics Please”, The Call re The Budget
Finance Expert Professor Justin Robinson is concerned about what he sees as a lack of details in the budget on critical issues such as ways to grow the economy. Professor Robinson, a Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Finance at the University of the West Indies, was speaking during a Barbados Chamber of Commerce panel discussion […]