LONDON, England – British soldiers have successful trialled for the first time a game-changing weapon that can take down a swarm of drones using radio waves for less than the cost of a pack of mince pies. Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapons (RFDEW) can take down a swarm of... Read more

By Special contributor DUBAI, UAE – The Caribbean Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs are at a critical juncture, grappling with the need for unified action to maintain integrity and credibility. While recent reforms, such as the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by five Caribbean nations, aim to standardize practices and... Read more

KINGSTON, St Vincent – The long-term agreement, signed by the president of Cricket West Indies, Dr Kishore Shallow, and the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the CAGE Companies, Robert B. Washington, which strategic alliance was unanimously endorsed by the CARICOM Prime Ministerial Sub Committee on Cricket (“PMSC”); several other prime ministers were... Read more

NEW YORK, USA – Policy uncertainties dominate the economic outlook, damaging growth prospects, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence report released today. In the newly published Top 10 Economic Insights for 2025, S&P Global Market Intelligence economists provide their take on global and regional economic performance, inflation and monetary policy prospects and highlight... Read more

Management of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on December 20, 2024, a Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) with Haiti covering the period through December 2025. This new 12-month SMP is expected to contribute to strengthen macroeconomic stability to support well-being of people and to enhance economic resilience and governance. It will... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA) have signed an agreement to advance decent work, including improving and safeguarding occupational safety and health, for workers in seabed-related activities. As global interest in seabed resources grows the agreement formalizes the collaboration between... Read more

Christmas joy is reaching even more families and children in need, thanks to telecoms provider Flow. In keeping with its annual tradition, the company has delivered over 100 gifts to the Barbados Child Care Board (CCB) and $20 000 worth of supermarket vouchers to several charities. Flow’s employees participated in... Read more

In a move to widen the social safety net for the island’s hurricane-ravaged fishing industry, the Mottley administration said Friday it has extended social security benefits for out-of-work fishers for an extra three months, as they continue to recover from Hurricane Beryl which destroyed or disabled most of the island’s... Read more

A government senator has described the Maritime and Underwater Heritage Bill 2024 as a significant piece of proposed legislation that will allow Barbados to leverage its marine assets and provide legal coverage of their value. Senator Dr Shantal Munro-Knight, minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for culture, made... Read more

Businesses in Barbados now have an additional six months to modernise their operations and embrace technological advancement following an extension of the government’s digital transformation tax credit.   Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn announced that the 100 per cent tax credit incentive,... Read more

Barbados has secured a fresh injection of US$56 million ($112 million) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after exceeding expectations in its fourth programme review, signalling strong economic growth and impressive strides in climate resilience initiatives. The funds come as the country continues to impress international partners with its homegrown... Read more

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne believes Government is treating wealthy villa owners more favourably than it is responding to “the pleas of fisherfolk” whose livelihoods were hit by Hurricane Beryl.His position has been challenged by Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw, who asserted that Thorne was “comparing apples and oranges” at a... Read more

The Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) credit union appears to be in the red.This week, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) published a notice indicating that on December 12, it intends to cancel the registration of the Progressive Cooperative Credit Union Ltd, which has been in operation by the political party for... Read more

The Government’s track record in housing is nothing to boast about and it should be realistic about the number of houses it can build.Opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Senator Ryan Walters made the point yesterday as the Senate debated a resolution to vest land at Holders Hill, St James, for... Read more

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has challenged Government on its decision-making with regard to Barbados’ debt, as the House of Assembly debated a resolution yesterday, in which Government is seeking Parliament’s approval to borrow about $600 million from three commercial banks in Barbados for debt support.Minister in the Ministry of Finance... Read more

Former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) member Tyra Trotman, an attorney-at-law, in a statement issued today, has announced her decision to change her political affiliation to the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). Below is the full statement: Today, I announce my decision to switch my political affiliation to the Barbados Labour Party... Read more

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk to lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) for his incoming administration.He announced that Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech investor, will work with the SpaceX and Tesla founder on the project – whose acronym refers to Musk’s favourite cryptocurrency Dogecoin –... Read more