#BTEditorial – LIAT’s Bajan workers deserve better Barbados Today03/11/2020071 views There are times when one has to take a stand even when it is quite clear that the outcome will likely offend those close to you. It is against this… Read more
#BTEditorial – When the unemployment figures are a mystery Barbados Today31/10/2020071 views The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has long bemoaned the lack of comprehensive data collection in the Caribbean. That United Nations agency went so far as… Read more
#BTEditorial – Let the Christians march in peace Barbados Today30/10/2020178 views In July 2018 and 2019 the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community and its supporters marched up and down the streets of Bridgetown unhindered and uninterrupted. Their march was… Read more
#BTEditorial – Senator Franklyn, labour leadership, and Thatcherism Barbados Today28/10/2020266 views In politics, there are none so blind as those who don’t want to see. Political allegiances can make the obvious obscure. Party enslavement can turn an enlightening conversation on economic… Read more
BTEditorial – Readying Heroes Square for its “close up” Barbados Today28/10/2020191 views In 1813, a group of Barbadian planters got together and decided to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar some eight years earlier by erecting a statue… Read more
BTEditorial – The Global Business Sector must be protected Barbados Today27/10/2020033 views The disclosure today from officials of BIBA, the Association for Global Business, that Barbados is already suffering the consequences of the European Union’s decision to blacklist the island, is sobering.… Read more
#BTEditorial – Time to explain the high gas prices Barbados Today24/10/2020189 views Transparency has been touted as the watchword of the current administration, as it should be with any political leadership in this time. During the 2018 election cycle, the Government in… Read more
#BTEditorial – Folly of a few threatens the masses Barbados Today23/10/2020079 views One would have thought that global figures showing 41.3 million cases and counting – and, worse yet, 1.13 million deaths and rising – would be enough to convince any rational… Read more
#BTEditorial – When the Pope says yes to gay unions Barbados Today21/10/2020083 views The dramatic declaration today by Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has added a new dimension to the raging debate here in Barbados about the planned changes to the… Read more
#BTEditorial – Preserving the credit union symbol of black success Barbados Today21/10/2020063 views Last week Barbados’ credit unions joined their global fraternity in celebrating International Credit Union (ICU) Day on October 15, further cementing the invaluable contribution of this sector to the lives… Read more