Barbados Plans To Earn $7.5m From Tuna Export By 2027

In the next seven years, tuna export from Barbados is expected to boost the island’s revenue by $7.5 million. Representatives of the island’s fishing industry and United Nations agencies have drafted a strategy to increase the value of Barbados’ tuna exports. UN officials say if fully implemented, it could dramatically boost revenue from tuna exports, […]

Barbados Gets Online Investment Guide As It Braces To Host UNCTAD Confab

Barbados has become the latest Caribbean country to launch an online investment guide, iGuide. This is coming as it is preparing to host the 15th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) quadrennial conference in October. Last February 14, it unveiled the one-stop repository that provides foreign investors with up-to-date information on opportunities and […]

Climate Crisis: Barbados Prime Minister Seeks Reinvention Of The International Order

Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has challenged the world to reinvent the international order in a bid to salvage small island states that are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, a war they did not start. “An international order that is not inclusive, or strongly rooted in fairness and moral legitimacy will […]

Amid Calls To Reinvent The Global Order, Barbados’ First Woman Prime Minister Takes Up Prebisch Lecture

The 16th  Raúl Prebisch Lecture will be given by the first female Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, in Geneva, this coming September 10, amid a growing global advocacy to reinvent the international order. The prestigious lecture is periodically delivered by a prominent thinker or head of state at the United Nations’ European headquarters […]