Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is tonight assuring the country that while Government continues to borrow to invest in national projects, the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio is still heading in the right direction. She made this clear as Government signed a US $75 million loan agreement with the CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, to finance the sector-wide approach programme to support the Operation Roots from Cultural Heritage to Innovation in Barbados. Anesta Henry has the story.

St. Thomas is next in line for We Gatherin’ and the parish is ready to stage its celebrations for the month of March. Its celebrations will get underway with a faith service set for March 2 at 4:00 p.m., at the Lester Vaughan School. St. Thomas’ activities will be centred around the theme, Nature. Kevin Henry of the St. Thomas Organising Committee says it’s marquee event is set for March 29. The St. Thomas Parish Calendar of Events will be made available soon.

A leading marketing and distribution company as well as a distributor of pharmaceutical and household brands in Barbados are being rebranded. Hanschell Inniss and Collins Limited are part of a larger exercise being undertaken by the Trinidad and Tobago-based Agostini Limited. Hanschell has been renamed Acado (Barbados) Limited and Collins, Aventa Barbados Limited. The two companies are part of a regional group of consumer product companies jointly owned and operated by Agostini Limited and Goddard Enterprises of Barbados. The Agostini group has operations in 10 markets, clients in over 30 countries and 3500 employees.