News Barbados Banks: World Bank Approves US$100 Million for Barbados’ Green and Resilient Recovery
Bridgetown, Barbados, January 11, 2023 — The World Bank approved yesterday US$100 million in financing to support Barbados’ low carbon economic development and resilience to climate change. “I cannot ...
News Barbados Banks: Fool's gold: Outer Banks season 3 goes 'off the rails' with romance, action, and drama
When Outer Banks co-creator Shannon Burke flew into Barbados to join the season 3 production of Netflix's teen treasure mystery series, everyone on his flight was gossiping about a plane that had just ...
News Barbados Banks: Alwyn Jordan becomes Barbados central bank’s acting governor
The board of the Central Bank of Barbados named deputy governor Alwyn Jordan acting governor on February 1, a day after previous governor Cleviston Haynes’s term ended. Jordan had been appointed ...
News Barbados Banks: Barbados names new permanent governor
The Central Bank of Barbados has appointed Kevin Greenidge as its next governor. He will succeed Cleviston Haynes, whose term ended on January 31. The appointment – announced on February 4 – comes ...
News Barbados Banks: Bermuda’s most exciting new hotel and restaurant openings
The Atlantic islands enjoyed an unexpected tourism boost during the pandemic, Qin Xie reports discovers its hottest new arrivals and time-tested classics ...
News Barbados Banks: Is Rihanna planning to move to Barbados to raise her and A$AP Rocky's baby boy?
Rihanna and ASAP Rocky want to raise their baby in Barbados, according to a source. Sarah, Duchess of York says the Queen's Platinum Jubilee will unite the nation to celebrate 'selfless' Queen's ...
News Barbados Banks: Rwanda: President Kagame Makes Case for Deeper Rwanda-Barbados Ties
In Barbados, the head of state paid a courtesy ... recognising that the vaccine for Covid-19 is just one small commodity of what that manufacturing capacity can be for," she told the media.
News Barbados Banks: World’s Best Banks 2022: Caribbean
The benefits of the global recovery didn’t fully reach the Caribbean in 2021. As new strains of Covid-19 and prolonged health restrictions halted a more significant rebound in international travel, ...
News Barbados Banks: Holidaymakers planning ‘trip of a lifetime’ as currency sales surge
Strong growth in purchases of currencies for Croatia and the Caribbean islands suggests they will be the destinations of choice, the Post Office said ...
News Barbados Banks: Rihanna Celebrates Her First National Heroes Day After Being Named A National Hero In Barbados
Barbados has every right to be proud of Rihanna. As an island girl, she created a lucrative career for herself while staying true to her roots. She built a billion-dollar empire from the ground up, ...
News Barbados Banks: Croatia, Barbados and Jamaica are set to be the foreign destinations of choice for UK holidaymakers in 2022, according to currency sales
Caribbean currencies have also seen high levels of growth – most notably the Barbados dollar and Jamaican dollar, the Post Office said. Big rises have also been charted by the Mexican peso and ...
News Barbados Banks: Strong growth forecast for Barbados
BARBADOS’ economy is set to grow by up to 11.2 per cent this year, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with a 4.9 per cent improvement following in 2023, and thereafter a...
News Barbados Banks: Central Bank: Polymer banknotes to be launched May 4
The new polymer banknotes will be displayed when the Central Bank of Barbados hosts an official launch event for the series on May 4. The event will be livestreamed on the Bank’s website and social ...
News Barbados Banks: Straughn puts challenge to Central Bank
Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Ryan Straughn says the Central Bank must see itself as an agent of change. (Picture by Shanice King) The Central Bank must be in the forefront ...
News Barbados Banks: Barbados to unveil new bank notes on May 4
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Central Bank of Barbados will within a few days unveil new bank notes that will go into circulation at the end of 2022. On May 4, the bank will host the official laun...
News Barbados Banks: Nine Things You Did Not Know About Barbados
January 2022 Known for being one of the Caribbean’s most idyllic islands, there’s much more to Barbados than beautiful beach ...
News Barbados Banks: Box office opens for historic Betway series for fully vaccinated fans
Fully vaccinated fans will, from Tuesday, be able to purchase tickets for the first series to be played here since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic in 2020, with Kensington Oval operating ...
News Barbados Banks: Central Bank more upbeat
Barbados’ economic outlook has been upgraded as the country battles a new COVID-19 wave and prepares for next Wednesday’s General Election. The Central Bank now believes that the economy will weather ...
