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Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) [2] is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands ...
In 2012 Republic Bank, which had accumulated a 65% stake in Barbados National Bank, renamed it Republic Bank (Barbados). Also in 2012, RB acquired 8.79% of the shares of HFC Bank (Ghana). [4] In 2013 RB acquired the remaining shares in Republic Bank (Barbados). Republic Bank delisted the shares of BNB from the Barbados Stock Exchange at end ...
The Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) is the national monetary authority and central bank responsible for providing advice to the Government of Barbados on banking and other financial and monetary matters. The Central Bank of Barbados, was established by Act of parliament on 2 May 1972. [2] Prior to the establishment of CBB, Barbados ' monetary ...
The Barbados Stock Exchange or BSE is Barbados ' main stock exchange. Its headquarters are in the capital-city Bridgetown. The body was established in 1987 by the Parliament of Barbados as the Securities Exchange of Barbados (SEB), and remained known as such until August 2, 2001. The unique four symbol alphanumeric Market Identifier Code (MIC ...
Bridgetown: 1963 State-owned TV and radio Caribbean Media Corporation: Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Bridgetown: 2000 Television content CarIFS: Financials Financial services Bridgetown: 1999 Money movement Central Bank of Barbados: Financials Banks Bridgetown: 1972 Formal central bank Chefette: Consumer services Restaurants ...
The Port of Bridgetown (officially the Deep Water Harbour), [4] (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI, Port Callsign: 8PB) is a seaport in Bridgetown on the southwest coast of Barbados. [5] Situated at the North-Western end of Carlisle Bay , the harbour handles all of the country's international bulk ship -based trade and commerce . [ 6 ]
The United States and Barbados have had cordial bilateral relations since Barbados' independence in 1966. The United States has supported the government's efforts to expand the country's economic base and to provide a higher standard of living for its citizens. Barbados is a beneficiary of the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative.
The National Library Service of Barbados is the government supported public- library service in the nation of Barbados. [1] Headquartered in the capital-city Bridgetown, the main branch was located on Coleridge Street. It was constructed between 1903 and 1906, funded by a grant donated by Scottish-American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie.