BRIDGETOWN: The Barbados government says it will sponsor for one year, every vendor who was registered at the Grand Market to sell their products on the Caribbean Marketplace electronically.

Prime Minister Mia Mottley speaking at the closing ceremony of the 15th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) on Sunday night, said that this would allow the work and products to be sold not just to the rest of the region who did not come to Carifesta, but to the rest of the world.

“Carifesta must not be a single event. It must be able to cast a strong legacy. And if we talk about the orange economy and we talk about the creative industries, then our people must benefit from it. So my friends, when… that happens, I invite all of us, Christmas is coming, you will have an abundance, and I want to salute them in every instance for the quality of workmanship.”