PM sounds the trumpet with election date

February 02, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_9609" align="alignleft" width="300"] PNP President and Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, flanked by Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips (right), Water and Climate Change Minister Robert Pickersgill and other candidates give the party’s clenched fist salute at last night’s rally.[/caption] Prime Minister and People’s National Party...

The Barbados economy: Firing on one cylinder

January 29, 2016 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday January 29, 2016 – In Greek mythology Sisyphus was a king who did a lot of “wrong things” and was punished, according to Wikipedia, by “being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down,...

LIAT removes fuel surcharges

January 28, 2016 in Regional

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, January 28, 2016 – LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, announced today the complete removal of fuel surcharges on all new tickets booked, effective 1st March 2016. Chief Executive Officer David Evans said oil is now trading at a 12-year low, ending a decade of...