Press Releases

  • IMF Staff Concludes Virtual Visit to Barbados

    Posted by MiaLisa Garnes on February 25, 2022

    At the request of the Government of Barbados, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Bert van Selm conducted a staff visit via videoconferencing from February 7-11, 2022. During the visit, the team discussed the implementation of Barbados’ Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan, supported by the IMF under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). […]

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  • Carmel Haynes

    BIBA ‘monitoring’ impact of 15 per cent global tax rate

    Posted by BIBA Press Admin on January 19, 2022

    It is still too early to tell how much Barbados will be affected by the decision by the majority of the world’s nations to enforce a corporate tax rate of at least 15 per cent, a spokesperson for the offshore business community said Monday. Carmel Haynes, Executive Director of BIBA, the Association for Global Business, […]

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  • BIBA pushing sector resilience

    Posted by BIBA Press Admin on January 16, 2022

    Stakeholders in Barbados’ vital global business community are not prepared to let the sector falter, despite the rapidly changing regulatory and geo-political influences that are challenging its growth. The assurance has come from Derrick Cummins, President of BIBA, the Association for Global Business, as he addressed the media launch of Global Business Week 2021 (GBW […]

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