A November toast to the Republic of Barbados Barbados Today25/11/2025083 views On November 30, 2021, after a near 400-year journey of resistance against enslavement, other forms of servitude and colonial domination, we, the people of Barbados, finally removed the British monarchy… Read more
Too much red on we flag Barbados Today31/07/20250166 views Too much red on we flag these days, Not from pride, but from where de body lays. Gunshots echo ‘pon de midday sun, Another life lost, another soul done. … Read more
Stop bleeding consumers at the pump Barbados Today29/05/20250296 views Barbados, it appears as if we are being robbed and we’re expected to smile and carry on. On May 23, 2025, the government raised fuel prices once again: gasoline now… Read more
Reparations must come with responsibility and reform Barbados Today23/05/2025080 views Reparative justice for the transatlantic slave trade and the centuries of oppression, exploitation, and violence it has enabled is both morally appropriate and historically imperative. For hundreds of years, millions… Read more
We cannot negotiate with criminals: It’s time to set an example Barbados Today02/04/20250627 views I have truly reached a breaking point. I am tired — deeply tired — of this growing culture where gangsters, criminals, and perpetrators of violence in our nation believe they… Read more
How Many More? Barbados Today29/03/20250543 views Too many families are mourning and heartbroken on this small island. I am reminded of these words of John King’s rendition, How Many More? Rose up early this morning… Read more
#SpeakingOut – Preserve the Holetown Festival Barbados Today18/02/202501.1K views Holetown Festival culminated last weekend. For decades, I have attended the festival, an event that embodies the heart and soul of St James. During a land acquisition resolution debate last… Read more
#BTSpeakingOut – Barbados makes its mark Barbados Today08/12/202401.5K views Last Saturday – 30th November – we celebrated not only 58 years of Independence, but also the 3rd anniversary of our Republic of Barbados. Our achievement of substantive independence from… Read more
The people have spoken Barbados Today12/11/20240870 views While campaigning in the 2024 US general election, then-candidate Vice President Kamala Harris said that it was time to ‘turn the page’. However, the electorate thought it was time for… Read more
We are on a dangerous path Barbados Today06/11/202401.8K views There is a video of the police making an arrest circulating on social media. When I saw it I was deeply concerned by the actions of the youth involved. … Read more