#BTEditorial – Sleepless in Barbados… over the Eleven-Plus Barbados Today15/06/2019786 views For the next two days, parents, guardians, teachers and children alike restlessly, breathlessly, await the results of the Common Entrance Examination. With news that Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw will… Read more
#BTEditorial – A malady in need of a remedy – and compromise Barbados Today13/06/2019437 views Just as delaying surgery to give a patient a better chance of survival or wellness is foolhardy, so too are the stalled negotiations on introducing 24-hour polyclinic services. Our nation… Read more
#BTEditorial – Isn’t justice contrived, also justice denied? Barbados Today12/06/20192102 views The decision by High Court Judge Randall Worrell to clear the No. 2 Supreme Court’s calendar next week in order to adjudicate cases of persons on lengthy remand is to… Read more
#BTEditorial – Tighten security at social events Barbados Today11/06/2019366 views In his 1997 song Waan Back, dancehall artist Anthony B lamented the fact that the simple act of going to a party was like heading into a war zone, with… Read more
#BTEditorial – Untold riches of the only girl in the world Barbados Today07/06/201912115 views Robyn Rihanna Fenty is yet again the toast of not only Barbados but also the world. The 31-year-old Barbadian’s meteoric rise to stardom, from an unknown teenager to the wealthiest… Read more
#BTEditorial – Things are brown, so let’s grow more Barbados Today07/06/2019669 views The ongoing drought holds ominous portent for not only households but our farming community. Frankly, things are brown. Food comes first, as the champion of homegrown food Senator Carmeta Fraser… Read more
#BTEditorial – Barbadians have cause to be forever vigilant Barbados Today06/06/2019677 views Three separate and unrelated developments recently have highlighted the necessity for Barbadians to be forever vigilant, to be their brother’s keeper and to be prepared to seek justice irrespective of… Read more
#BTEditorial – Mind the Law of Unintended Consequences Barbados Today05/06/2019451 views Barbados has taken decisive steps in the last few weeks to make medicinal marijuana available and seems to be working diligently towards making marijuana cultivation a major plank of economic recovery. Minister… Read more
#BTEditorial – Beware 30-nil thinking Barbados Today04/06/20192253 views The proverbial popping of champagne corks, the tumultuous adulation of the crowd and the scene of a sea of humanity clothed in red may have had a ring of inevitability… Read more
#BTEditorial – Dream start to World Cup for Windies. Rally! Barbados Today01/06/2019234 views One down, eight more to go. The West Indies couldn’t have asked for a better start to the International Cricket Council’s World Cup. Their emphatic seven-wicket victory over Pakistan at… Read more