by Government of Barbados | Nov 5, 2020 | Top Stories
(Stock Image) Despite the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Barbados’ main economic earner, tourism, Standard & Poors has decided to maintain the island’s credit rating as B-/Stable/B. In an assessment of the country’s performance, dated November 4,...
by Sharon Austin | Jun 4, 2020 | Top Stories
Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn. (FP) The approval of US$139 million in support by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Barbados, is a clear indication that the economy is on track. This view was expressed today by...
by Shamkoe Pilé | Apr 25, 2020 | Top Stories
Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle. (FP) Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle believes that amid the current pandemic, caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, it is...
by BGIS | Feb 3, 2020 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) Those public officers who were retrenched under Government’s Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme are reminded that if they have not been contacted by, nor made contact with the Household Mitigation Unit (HMU), then...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Dec 23, 2019 | Top Stories
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of the CDB, Dr. Warren Smith, signing a loan agreement for the second Programmatic Fiscal Sustainability Growth and Social Protection Policy Based Loan at Ilaro Court, today. (B.Hinds/BGIS) Government received a US$75...
