#BTEditorial – Keeping watch on those with power Barbados Today09/02/2021036 views There has been a long-held tradition, with possible legal consequences for the offending media house if breached, that we should refrain from commenting on matters that are before the courts… Read more
#BTEditorial – Of low wages, pandemics and recessions Barbados Today06/02/2021049 views It was the revered war-time leader and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who famously said, we should never waste a good crisis. For it is at the most challenging of… Read more
#BTEditorial – Our elderly are dying; we must save them Barbados Today Traffic05/02/2021046 views It is indeed saddening for the entire country as we learn of yet another COVID-19 death. As Prime Minister Mia Mottley stated in her address when she announced the National… Read more
#BTEditorial – Staring into the abyss – or rest, reflect, renew Barbados Today04/02/2021099 views So went Day One of Lockdown No 2. Ahead of us – 14 more days of shuttered retail, empty restaurants, family-only-gatherings from-the-same household, no get-together for lunch with friends, online… Read more
#BTEditorial – A pause to take stock Barbados Today03/02/2021047 views It is reasonable to assert, we believe, that the COVID-19 global pandemic has so upended most aspects of our lives, that a return to old norms is unlikely to occur… Read more
#BTEditorial – Can Gov’t be sued for recent COVID-19 deaths? Barbados Today02/02/2021144 views Our Constitution entrusts a duty of care on Government for the protection and safeguard of the lives of Barbadian citizens. Indeed, the “neighbour principle” of the celebrated Donoghue v Stevenson… Read more
#BTEditorial – 2021 and the unknowns Barbados Today30/01/2021064 views For many of us who were wishing for the year 2020 to reach its end, and were brimming with optimism that 2021 would bring some respite from the brutal effects… Read more
BTEditorial – The ‘new normal’ in education is an old normal. Not good Barbados Today29/01/2021030 views After a relatively normal first term, albeit one that started later than usual, the significant increase in COVID-19 cases at the start of this month has led to yet another… Read more
#BTEditorial – Come Bajans, let us gird up our loins! Barbados Today28/01/2021030 views The tenacity of spirit which has long exemplified Barbadians at home and abroad, is arguably needed now more than ever. In the face of a crisis the likes of which… Read more
#BTEditorial – Getting it right in the pandemic Barbados Today27/01/2021076 views With the weight of the pandemic pushing citizens into a collective state of near panic, we fear that despite attempts to put on a brave face, the stress of the… Read more