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There could be a chartered flight between Bridgetown and at least one African nation in the coming months, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced.At the same time, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Professor Benedict Oramah, who said there could also be a routine service within the next five years, pledged financial support for the establishment of a regular air link between the two regions and indicated that the region could become home to African-based commercial banks.These were among the areas for concrete action coming out of the first ever AfriCaribbean Trade an...

Pine Hill Dairy (PHD) is negotiating a subsidy with Government in an effort to revive the local dairy industry which has been plagued with several challenges for years.Shafia London, country manager of Banks Holding Limited, the parent company of PHD, told Barbados TODAY in an interview that Government’s intervention in the industry was urgently needed to pull the sector out of hot water.Although London did not disclose any details about what PHD had proposed, she said she was satisfied with the progress of the meetings and had faith that a positive outcome would be realised.“We have been ...

Barbadians will have a say on the route Grand Kadooment revellers will take for Crop Over 2023.Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Dr Shantal Munro-Knight today announced that all stakeholders in the Crop Over Festival would be given an opportunity, through the use of a survey, to share their views on the new route.Her announcement has garnered some general support from key stakeholders, though president of the Entertainment Association of Barbados (EAB) Rudy Maloney said he hopes the views of those with a stake in the festival are not overshadowed by the views of those who have...

United States (US) representative Mark Green has warned Barbados and other Caribbean countries that accepting investment opportunities from economic powerhouse China would come at a price.He issued the warning on Thursday as he promised a deepening of security links between the US and the region to transform island economies.Green’s advice came amidst rising tensions between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as a Beijing invasion of Taiwan looms.It also came against the background of Chinese investment and aid here. Almost completed is the multi-million-dollar Wyn...

Retired actuary Charles Herbert has raised an alarm over the major decline in the number of people contributing to the National Insurance (NIS), as he questioned Government’s rationale for continuing to pay non-contributory pensions.“I don’t really understand the room for non-contributory pension. That doesn’t seem to be accountable to the public,” he said on Tuesday night during an Institute of Chartered Account of Barbados (ICAB) webinar on Our NIS - The Way Forward.The latest review of the NIS showed that the number of employees plus self-employed contributors to the scheme had fa...