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The Ministry of Tourism is in early discussions with key players in regional airlift to enhance Barbados’ connectivity with neighbouring Caribbean islands.Although she did not go into details about the talks between Barbados and regional aviation administrators, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins told Barbados TODAY that Government was interested in exploring airlift possibilities with the Cayman Islands and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).She shared Barbados’ goal to enhance intra-regional travel during her remarks in a panel discussio...

It is quite baffling, that as a nation we project one reality when we know that on the ground, the average citizen sees the situation in a completely different vein.We speak to the issue of the return to full face-to-face classes in our schools since the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to introduce online teaching and then a hybrid process of education for the nation’s children.There is no denying that our children’s education has been harmed over the past two to three years and that we cannot continue to watch their performance deteriorate.The cognitive dissonance is...

Government is going back to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to get financing for a Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan 2.0.Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on Friday that this time around, the arrangement would be for three years and once approved by the IMF, would unlock approximately US$130 million (BDS$260 million) in financing.She said entering another programme with the IMF – with the current four-year agreement concluding at month end – would also allow the country to access another US$210 million (BDS$420 million) under the Resilience and Sustainabili...

Barbados will be telling the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that its deadline for transition to a global minimum corporate tax is way too short for this country to properly implement.Prime Minister Mia Mottley told a news conference on Friday that as a result, she and her Director of Finance Ian Carrington will be meeting with the OECD at its headquarters in the French capital Paris on Monday to argue this country’s case for more time, especially considering that compliance would mean sacrificing about ten per cent of Barbados’ overall revenue.The global minim...

Prime Minister Mia Mottley is promising that Government will be working to make pharmaceuticals and other medical products more affordable for Barbadians, even if it has to resort to imposing price controls.She also announced that by next year, residents will know what plans the administration has to get them affordable access to health insurance.Mottley’s pledge to ensure savings on medical supplies – which she made without providing a timeline – comes just over a month after her administration implemented measures to reduce prices on supermarket shelves, at the gas pump, and on electri...