#BTEditorial – Seeking the back of a wretched year Barbados Today22/08/2020041 views Preserving lives and livelihoods has become the global mantra of the political and business classes as the impacts of COVID-19 appear not to be waning. Therefore, ensuring commerce continues at… Read more
#BTEditorial – Let’s embrace community mediation. For peace’s sake Barbados Today21/08/2020084 views Barbados made an important step last week to make justice more accessible to its citizens with the introduction of community mediation. Admittedly, the move did not grab headlines, but it… Read more
#BTEditorial – The disturbing case of Shaquana Quintyne Barbados Today20/08/2020096 views The careers of most professional sportspersons are rather short. For some athletes who start relatively early and remain injury-free, they might be blessed with perhaps between ten to twenty active… Read more
#BTEditorial – For Pupil #3544 Barbados Today19/08/2020167 views Dear Pupil #3544 Sadly, we had high hopes that we would not have to write this particular letter to you. Your Government had promised that you and your classmates would… Read more
#BTEditorial – The risk of losing it all for short-term pleasure Barbados Today18/08/2020044 views The coronavirus pandemic is teaching some very hard lessons to those unwilling to learn from the experiences of others. Even more important, in this battle against this notoriously dangerous unseen… Read more
#BTEditorial – It takes a village of grownups being held to account Barbados Today14/08/2020188 views Disturbing videos showing two boys engaging in senseless behaviour in the heart of The City emerged on social media on Wednesday. We are told they were engaging in what has… Read more
#BTEditorial – What an unhealthy tangled web we weave Barbados Today13/08/20205108 views Just when we thought greater clarity had replaced uncertainty in the actions of some of our public figures, we have been proven wrong. Following Minister of Tourism Lisa Cummins’ ‘apology’… Read more
#BTEditorial – Climbing out from the bottom of this pit Barbados Today11/08/2020074 views From the earliest of times, societies have had to confront the vexing matter of how to address the issue of poverty. We in Barbados have reaped a level of success… Read more
#BTEditorial – Your apology accepted, Minister Lisa Cummins Barbados Today08/08/2020474 views Minister of Tourism Lisa Cummins tonight apologized to the nation for a display in the Senate on Wednesday that smacked of petulance, misplaced indignation and empty bluster. No doubt, her… Read more
#BTEditorial – We’re down, but not out over the Integrity Bill Barbados Today06/08/2020029 views The fall of the Integrity in Public Life Bill in the Upper Chamber on Wednesday is as sobering as it is disappointing. And the collective expression of dismay at this… Read more