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An epidemic of bad food

Ultra-processed food, sugary beverages and fast food with poor nutritional quality are replacing more nourishing domestic foods in diets of…

2 months ago

Tracing the real economic decline

by Michael Ray In an attempt to bring a measure of balance and reality to what has been a refrain…

2 months ago

Crisis of the liberal democratic capitalist state

It would appear that the Liberal Democratic State working within the context of the capitalist mode of production is in…

2 months ago

Seize the day

Since we were alive yesterday, and expect to be alive tomorrow, being alive is something that we tend to take…

2 months ago

25 years of being polio-free

In 1975, before widespread immunization against polio, almost 6,000 children were paralyzed in the Americas due to the disease. In…

2 months ago

The silencing of Christians

There seems to be an attempt to silence Christians in Canada! This is the view of Pastor David Lynn of…

2 months ago

Let’s make a difference

Consequence. This word is defined in one place as “something produced by a cause or necessarily following from a set…

2 months ago

Children should not be the motivation to stay in an abusive relationship

Very often victims of gender-based abuse say that they choose not to walk away because of the children.  The fact…

2 months ago

Transgendering

When I was 13 years old at secondary school in Barbados, my teacher asked us to write a letter from…

2 months ago

CARICOM cannot abandon Haiti

Haiti is in turmoil again.  This time the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cannot be criticised for inaction, but…

2 months ago

Healthy St Alban’s

The students at St Alban’s Primary prefer to drink water more than anything else. In fact, when the boys and…

2 months ago

Using technology to improve mental health care

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or…

2 months ago

Topping up Trinidad and Tobago

Do you find yourself hankering and hounding after Digicel and B-mobile top ups? After NP and Unipet top-ups? After WASA…

2 months ago

Gathering to remember or forget

The Government is encouraging Barbadians overseas to remember their roots and gather in Barbados next year. This is a good…

2 months ago

Innovations to combat climate change

Climate change is one of the biggest threats we face. Natural disasters and extreme weather events are making it more…

2 months ago

Sticking to principle of “one country, two systems”

Recently, extreme demonstrations and riots have been taking place in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic…

2 months ago

The financial side of marriage – Part I – Child maintenance

The objective of this brief article is to simply and concisely provide an overview of the factors a Court will…

2 months ago

Resist the UN being held to ransom

The United Nations (UN) is facing a severe shortage of cash, and, according to its Secretary-General, António Guterres, “the Organization…

2 months ago

Starting point and new journey

October 1st is the National Day of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and this year marks the 70th anniversary…

2 months ago