Economist Carla Sport argues that it is time public servants in Barbados got a pay increase after the 5% hike in 2018.This year, inflation in Barbados is tracking at 8%.That follows a general increase in local prices of 3% last year, 3% in 2020, 4% in 2019 and 4% in 2018.
Locally grown sweet potatoes may be scarce again for the new year
Trinidad and Tobago's finance minister Colm Imbert, sought to address a major issue in the country, in the latest budget report.
The World Health Organization declared on July 14, 2023, the synthetic sweetener Aspartame is “possibly” carcinogenic to humans