PM urges B’dians to invest more
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called on Barbadians to invest more. She was speaking at the official groundbreaking ceremony for West Beach Barbados, a 24 unit condominium project at Road View, St. Peter that will cost approximately 23 million dollars. Miss Mottley believes Barbadians must be prepared to take more risks to help build out […]
Price check app launched
Minister of Energy and Business Senator Lisa Cummins has announced a new app called price check to help consumers find the best prices at various supermarkets. The app allows users to compare prices for several items across different supermarket chains. Speaking this morning during a news briefing to launch the price monitoring app, Senator Cummins […]
Alarm over B’dos’ “NCD crisis”
Health Minister Dr. Jerome Walcott is concerned about what he calls the alarming rate of cancer and non-communicable diseases terming it a crisis and urges the public to pay careful attention to their health. He was speaking as Sagicor launched a health screening program, “Sagicor Cares”, a major national initiative to assist in the battle […]
Govt strengthening cyber-security in response to BRA breach
Government says significant work has been done to contain the cyber-security breach at the Barbados Revenue Authority and it is strengthening the overall cyber security infrastructure of the public sector. This has been disclosed by Minister of Industry Innovation, Science and Technology, Marsha Caddle, in an update on the cyber-attack. She disclosed that an incident […]