#BTEditorial – Poor-rakey government business Barbados Today16/02/201913122 views The World Bank’s poor ratings of doing business here merely confirm a secret that no longer bothers to remain covered: doing business is akin to pulling a tooth – with… Read more
#BTEditorial – Mind your manners, mind your mouth Barbados Today14/02/2019486 views Words are powerful. That caution handed down from mothers and grandmothers that if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all, was fair warning to all. These days… Read more
#BTEditorial – Beyond the fond memories, the dead serve no purpose Barbados Today13/02/20194118 views About six years ago during proceedings into a civil case brought by more than a dozen police officers with respect to promotions in the Royal Barbados Police Force, Queen’s Counsel… Read more
#BTEditorial – In search of African Studies Barbados Today13/02/2019182 views We feel it important return to the issue of the copycat adoption of Black History Month – an invention to recognize a minority population in another country – in a… Read more
#BTEditorial – Celebrating our goodly heritage Barbados Today11/02/20191142 views It should not escape notice that Barbadians have lately embraced an American celebration of the contributions of African and African-descended peoples with what is commonly referred to as Black History… Read more
#BTEditorial – The thanks of a grateful nation Barbados Today09/02/20190119 views At a time when disturbing headlines involving young people have dominated newspaper and television reports of late, four Reynold Weekes Primary students have warmed the jaded hearts of a nation.… Read more
#BTEditorial – The Church: Hospital or hotel? Barbados Today07/02/20195133 views The English Baptist pastor Frederick Brotherton Meyer who drew thousands to the church in the early 1900s once advised: “The one thing that pierces the heart of God with unutterable… Read more
#BTEditorial – Judgement Time Barbados Today06/02/20190251 views “A Daniel come to judgment, yea, a Daniel! — ‘Tis very true. O wise and upright judge!” – Shylock in William Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice”, Act IV, Scene 1. We most… Read more
#BTEditorial – Let’s get the youth’s views first Barbados Today05/02/20191144 views A young dancehall artist named Lil Rick made his debut in 1989 with a song in which he wondered: “Me ain’t know how de youth get so.” In his ground-breaking… Read more
#BTEditorial – Wanted: A Marshall Plan for Barbados Barbados Today04/02/201913128 views Recent queries on the whereabouts of a growth plan for the Barbados economy have been met with characteristic prime ministerial scorn – how dare we doubt her? Yet, for all… Read more