The Barbados economy: Firing on one cylinder

January 29, 2016 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday January 29, 2016 – In Greek mythology Sisyphus was a king who did a lot of “wrong things” and was punished, according to Wikipedia, by “being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down,...

LIAT removes fuel surcharges

January 28, 2016 in Regional

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, January 28, 2016 – LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, announced today the complete removal of fuel surcharges on all new tickets booked, effective 1st March 2016. Chief Executive Officer David Evans said oil is now trading at a 12-year low, ending a decade of...

Personal income tax abolished in Antigua and Barbuda

January 22, 2016 in Regional

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, Friday January 22, 2016 – Workers in Antigua and Barbuda will get a tax ease from April when government abolishes Personal Income Tax (PIT). Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who made the announcement in his Budget presentation in Parliament yesterday, said it...