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Kerwin Du Bois wins positive soca for Carnival 2019 award
Sources say Payless ShoeSource is set to shutter its US stores
PHOTOS: Wedding proposal on first trip to Barbados
Police question Jussie Smollett and 2 'persons of interest'
New alleged R. Kelly teen sex tape given to prosecutors
PHOTOS: Students smoked out of St. Philip school
Minister assures cow itch near Blackman & Gollop to be gone soon
Caught in diesel theft video, three make bail
6PMSplash making a big mark on the art landscape
Tourism Minister calls video 'unsettling'

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Sources say Payless ShoeSource is set to shutter its US stores

February 15, 2019
In this July 4, 2018, file photo, a shopper walks past a Huawei store at a shopping mall in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China's Huawei soft power push raises hard questions

February 14, 2019
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019 file photo Katy Perry arrives at MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Dolly Parton in Los Angeles. Perry’s fashion line has pulled two types of shoes after some people compared them to blackface. The Ora Face Block Heel and Rue Face Slip-On Loafers were released last summer in nine different colors. They included protruding eyes, nose and red lips. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Shoes pulled from Katy Perry line after blackface criticism

February 12, 2019
AP photo: A cashier returns a credit card and a receipt at a McDonald's window, where signage for job openings are displayed in Atlantic Highlands, N.J last month.

US job openings jump to record high of 7.3 million

February 12, 2019

Scotiabank launches new Alerts feature

February 10, 2019
Alex Tasker (FILE)

Alex Tasker promoted to Executive Chair of Digicel Barbados Board

October 24, 2018
Kerri Gooding

An executive search has begun tofill the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Digicel Barbados. Releasing a statement to the press, Digicel Barbados said that in recognition of Alex Tasker's...

Dining at Naru Restaurant for the Food and Rum Festival were (L-R) Giovanni, Claudia, Aliza and Peter. They're from Italy but reside in Barbados.

Food and Rum Gourmet Safari 2018 gets four ‘yeses’ from the South 

October 21, 2018
Kerri Gooding

Four South coast restaurants are already mentally prepared to participate in the Barbados Food and Rum Festival 2019, after this year’s edition wrapped up last night. Of the 19 stops on the Safa...

Pure Ocean Rum & Tings

Pure Ocean's Rum & Tings has 5 tasty differences

October 19, 2018
Kerri Gooding

At Pure Ocean Restaurant, Divi Southwinds Beach Resort for the inaugural Barbados Food & Rum Festival, it will be nothing but rum and tings, treats and sweets, sampling and savouring tomorrow. F...

Clients shared their praise and feedback with Sagicor on a comment board.

Sagicor knows its existence revolves around happy clients

October 19, 2018
Kerri Gooding

Insurance company Sagicor Life Inc once againput its customers first. This year,the company went the extra mile to show its clients just how much they are appreciated. The company’s Customer Exp...

StarKist admits fixing tuna prices, faces $100 million fine

October 19, 2018
Ricqcolia Phillips

StarKist Co. agreed to plead guilty to a felony price-fixing charge as part of a broad collusion investigation of the canned tuna industry, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The...

After Canada legalises pot, industry eyes rest of the world

October 18, 2018
Ricqcolia Phillips

Cam Battley is a top executive at one of Canada's biggest marijuana companies, but he isn't sticking around to savor the country's historic pot legalisation. He's off to Germany on Friday and Au...

Netflix shares jump 6 per cent on strong subscriber growth

October 17, 2018
Shamille Scott

Netflix shares jumped 6 percent in early trading after the company reported a big increase in subscribers. The video-streaming service added 7 million subscribers worldwide from July through Sep...

Venezuela shuns US dollar in favour of the Euro after US sanctions

October 17, 2018
Alina Doodnath

In the face of tighter sanctions from the US, Venezuela said it will be moving away from the US dollar and will instead inject approximately 2 billion euros (US$2.3 billion) into its economy. Ac...

'BLP cares' was more than a catchy slogan. (FILE)

'Mia cares' about Washington University of Barbados students

October 16, 2018
Kerri Gooding

The students enrolled at Washington University of Barbados will not be left out in the cold, hungry and uncertain of their future, if the Prime Minister of Barbados has her way. Barbados' leader...

Girdles and socket wrenches: Sears was the Amazon of its day

October 16, 2018
Ricqcolia Phillips

Before there was Amazon — or, for that matter, Home Depot or Walmart or Kmart — there was Sears. From its beginnings as a mail-order watch business in Minneapolis 132 years ago, the company grew...

Sears files for Chapter 11 amid plunging sales, massive debt

October 15, 2018
Ricqcolia Phillips

Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The question now is whether a smaller version of the company that once domina...

Prime Minister Mia Mottley spoke to the Nation Live at 5pm today, October 14, 2018.

About 1500 government jobs to be cut, but severance cheques in-hand

October 14, 2018
Kerri Gooding

Barbados’ Prime Minister wishes that not one person had to be sent home but the reality is more than a thousand people will be let go soon as the government works to manage the country’s economic s...

(thrid from right) BAS President James Paul and (second from right) Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir at the World Food Day church service.

Price of healthy foods must drop, says Agriculture Minister

October 14, 2018
Kerri Gooding

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health must work together to enhance the lives and health of citizens. Asserting such was the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir...

Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce, Dwight Sutherland.

Small Business Minister on World Standards Day

October 14, 2018
Zazeannah Walker

The following is a message by Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce, Dwight Sutherland, on World Standards Day, which is celebrated today: World Standards Day is celebrat...

The shadow of a Saudi trader is seen on a stock market monitor in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

The Latest: Saudis reject threats amid concern over writer

October 14, 2018
Zazeannah Walker

The Latest on the disappearance of a Saudi writer who Turkish officials fear was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Saudi Arabia says it rejects any "t...

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Cynthia Forde

Where is a BSBT? Minister challenges seniors to go into business

October 13, 2018
Christina Smith

A recommendation has been put forward for a Seniors Business Trust to be established in Barbados. The island has a Barbados Youth Business Trust (BYBT) but ever the visionary, the Head of Elder Aff...

Wayne 'Poonka' Willock

Musical man appointed Head of Small Business Association

October 12, 2018
Kerri Gooding

Another son of the soil and successful contributor to the development of the Arts in Barbados has risen to the top of another Board, this time at the Small Business Association. Following Minist...

Derrick Cummins, 1st VP of BIBA, is organizing the activities for International Business Week.

Enough accountants! International Business sector needs other skills

October 12, 2018
Kerri Gooding

The International Business sector in Barbados could benefit from more diversification, but not just in terms of products and services, but also skill sets. [related node_id='ae3b67f0-4546-4e11-8...

FILE - In this July 21, 2018 file photo the outdoor sign stands in the parking lot of a Sears department store in Saint Paul, Minn. Shares of Sears Holdings continue falling, Thursday, Oct. 11, as the former retail behemoth moves closer to possibly joining a growing list of competitors that have filed for bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company is being pushed by a group of lenders to liquidate assets instead of reorganising the business.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

With few seeing second act for Sears, company shares routed

October 11, 2018
Darlisa Ghouralal

Sears is being pummeled before the opening bell on a report that banks are pushing the 130-year-old retailer to liquidate. The report Thursday in The Wall Street Journal comes one day after stoc...

Delta profits soar as demand drives ticket prices higher

October 11, 2018
Shamille Scott

Delta topped third-quarter profit expectations with strong travel demand pushing ticket prices higher. The Atlanta carrier posted earnings of $1.31 billion, or $1.91 per share. Removing one-time...

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