The Chair of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, the BHTA, Renée Coppin remains firmly of the view that there should have been greater consultation between government and the BHTA about the weekend hike in taxi fares. She was responding to criticism that the hoteliers were opposing the increases, the first for taxi drivers at the airport in 15 years, while they themselves have been free to jack up their own prices as they please.
Some parts of Trinidad remain underwater and have been for quite some time now.
Concerns from small businesses
The government of Barbados anticipates that by February of next year, Barbadians will see a speeding up of online payments through the introduction of...