When global doors close, Barbados must open new ones Barbados Today14/11/2025091 views As Barbados stands at a critical juncture in its development, Senator Shantal Munro-Knight’s recent warning in the upper chamber about the financing options available to the country is most timely.… Read more
Making Africa-Barbados trade work for everyone Barbados Today13/11/2025038 views When high-level summits and trade forums make the headlines, it’s easy for the average Barbadian to wonder: what does any of this have to do with me? The recent GUBA… Read more
Tackle youth crime to pull youngsters back from the brink Barbados Today12/11/2025090 views Barbados is facing a crisis that runs far deeper than the headlines of robberies, shootings, and arrests of young men might suggest. Behind escalating youth crime is what could only… Read more
National wake-up call to tackle silent epidemic Barbados Today11/11/20250164 views Every day a Barbadian suffers a stroke. Every three days, two more are struck by heart attacks. These statistics represent fathers, mothers, neighbours, and friends whose lives are being upended… Read more
Barbados Rum’s ambition needs more thought, action Barbados Today07/11/20250120 views When veteran rum producer Richard Seale speaks, the industry listens. His voice carries not only the weight of generations of rum-making experience but also the credibility of someone who has… Read more
We agree, reading must become our true superpower Barbados Today04/11/2025039 views The Minister of Educational Transformation Chad Blackman’s suggestion that reading has to be our country’s superpower should not be a catchy slogan. It is reasserting a truth that has underpinned… Read more
Why Trinidad and Tobago must reconcile with CARICOM Barbados Today04/11/20250170 views The unfolding saga over the growing United States military presence in the Caribbean is exposing a deep divide in the image of a united Caribbean Community (CARICOM). At the centre… Read more
Getting to the root of domestic violence Barbados Today01/11/202507 views Domestic violence is often called a “silent epidemic” but silence cannot be an option any longer. In Barbados and across the region, too many lives are affected by abuse, too… Read more
Why we must keep speaking out for Cuba Barbados Today31/10/2025046 views As the United Nations General Assembly again debates the decades-long United States embargo on Cuba, the world is reminded that this action has long outlived any moral or strategic justification.… Read more
The Fourth Estate and the Caribbean Sea Barbados Today30/10/20250196 views Freedom of the Press does not free journalism from responsibility. Recent commentary declaring that the United States has “finally come to save the Caribbean” is more than a misguided opinion,… Read more