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Cameco tax case is scary for Barbados!12 comments

BFP wrote 2 weeks ago: How a Canadian company avoided 1.4 billion in taxes by using an offshore subsidiary and what it mean … more →

Tags: Barbados, Business & Banking, Canada, Economy, Offshore Investments, Barbados Offshore Corporations

Barbados Economic Performance - 2013 First Quarter11 comments

BFP wrote 1 month ago: “Growth in tourism has not be sustained this year” 11.6% unemployment in 2012 VAT receip … more →

Tags: Economy, Barbados

Hard times coming to Bim. Are you ready?19 comments

BFP wrote 2 months ago: “Booming Bim? Here is the current state of affairs at the Almond Hotel. We were there last wee … more →

Tags: Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Economy, Surviving the bad times

Barbados yogurt production ends - exposing more hollow government rhetoric11 comments

BFP wrote 3 months ago: “Whenever practical, buy local.” by Adrian Loveridge, small hotel owner When we moved to … more →

Tags: Barbados, Agriculture, Economy, Barbados Agriculture

Wuhloss! Barbados now paying 6% to borrow money.8 comments

BFP wrote 3 months ago: With United States Treasury Bond yields averaging below 2% over the last 10 years and at record lows … more →

Tags: Barbados, Economy

Barbados not immune from the coming storm28 comments

BFP wrote 4 months ago: The Greek experience: terrifying for ordinary people Can you feel it? Can you see how Europe’s … more →

Tags: Barbados, disaster, Economy

Cost-U-Less will destroy local businesses, and Cost YOU More...53 comments

BFP wrote 4 months ago: “We created more bribes to get investors to develop infrastructure to attract tourists to our … more →

Tags: Barbados, Business & Banking, Economy

We've arrived! Moody's cuts Barbados to junk status.20 comments

BFP wrote 5 months ago: Notin’ much more ta say ’bout dis ya know… Moody’s Investors Service on Thur … more →

Tags: Barbados, Economy

International Monetary Fund presses Barbados to devalue the Barbados dollar41 comments

BFP wrote 6 months ago: Devaluation: How would it impact me? “To most of us in the Caribbean, it does not seem rationa … more →

Tags: Barbados, Economy

Barbados applies for new IDB loan to make payments on previous borrowing6 comments

BFP wrote 7 months ago: Like a speed addict looking for another fix… (Submitted by Mac and Clambake) According to a Na … more →

Tags: Barbados, Economy

Say nice things about the European Union: EU gives Barbados hundreds of millions of dollars in free money!11 comments

BFP wrote 8 months ago: Is this really about Slavery Reparations? I really haven’t figured out why the bankrupt Europe … more →

Tags: Barbados, Economy, Slavery, slavery reparations

Prime Minister Thompson said supporting Four Seasons could be "extremely risky" to the DLP Government17 comments

BFP wrote 8 months ago: How much public money is exposed in the Four Seasons project? In the year 2012 under the DLP governm … more →

Tags: Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Economy, Barbados Four Seasons

University of the West Indies: "It was Al all the time..."10 comments

BFP wrote 9 months ago: They used to tell me I was building a dream… From the Nation article Pay Talk… DESPITE T … more →

Tags: Barbados, Economy

DLP - BLP legacy? "Twenty years ago we had everything going for us and we blew it."15 comments

BFP wrote 9 months ago: Graeme Hall Watershed: DLP government voted to develop the last green space between airport and the … more →

Tags: Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Agriculture, Economy, Foolish Farmers

Sound the Alarms: A call for Bajans to reclaim our nation & our industry8 comments

BFP wrote 9 months ago: Where has Bim’s “Pride and Industry” run off to? by Brudah-Bim There was a post at … more →

Tags: Barbados, Agriculture, Economy

Barbados visitor stats arrive: Should we panic now, Mr. Prime Minister?30 comments

BFP wrote 9 months ago: A few days ago Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (above) was telling Bajans there is “no need to … more →

Tags: Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Economy

When the rich start complaining about Barbados prices, environment and urban sprawl then we'll start to worry... What? Oh oh!25 comments

BFP wrote 9 months ago: Jet setter Lady Carol Parsons talking about moving someplace else because Bim isn’t what it us … more →

Tags: Crime & Law, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Economy

Barbados S&P downgrade all about CLICO and government raiding NIS pension to 'invest' in Four Seasons 12 comments

BFP wrote 10 months ago: “Countries with low ratings, including Barbados, are shunned and as a result attract high borr … more →

Tags: Barbados, Business & Banking, Economy, Offshore Investments

Debt Tsunami drowning Barbados: Standard and Poor's downgrades to junk status13 comments

BFP wrote 10 months ago: When big fat chickens come home to roost by Nevermind Kurt Remember the $200 million Barbados borrow … more →

Tags: Barbados, Business & Banking, Barbados downgraded


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