Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is expected to address the country “shortly” following the series of town hall meetings on COVID-19 vaccines and testing, which wrapped up on Wednesday night at Combermere School. Acting Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams revealed this while responding to a query about whether Government will accept liability or offer compensation from those who suffer adverse effects or death after taking a COVID-19 vaccine. “The PM will …
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BPSA chief ‘not surprised’ by economy state, worried about outlook
Article by May 1, 2021
Declaring that he is not surprised by the sobering Central Bank report card on economic decline so far this year, Chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association Edward Clarke said Friday he is worried about the outlook.
The key highlights of the first-quarter review included a near 20 per cent shrinking of the economy, projected growth of about three per cent for the rest of this year, $2.6 billion in international reserves – the equivalent of 43.1 weeks of imports – and a decline of $86 million, unemployment of 13.6 per cent at the end of December 2020 and price increases of an average two per cent during the 12 months ending March 31.
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