#BTEditorial – We’re down, but not out over the Integrity Bill Barbados Today06/08/2020033 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
#BTEditorial – Are there cracks in the House PM Mottley built? Barbados Today05/08/2020080 views Protestations by Barbados Labour Party (BLP) stalwarts, namely former minister Anthony Wood, sitting MPs Gline Clarke and Trevor Prescod, as well as previous assessments by late former prime minister Owen… Read more
#BTEditorial – The Ghanaian nurses saga – dodging the bullet Barbados Today05/08/2020081 views Appalling. That is the only way to sum up the fact that nine Ghanaian nurses who arrived from the African nation last Thursday have tested positive for the highly infectious… Read more
#BTEditorial – Directors wisely choose amputation over demise Barbados Today01/08/2020053 views It is a given that businesses and by extension economies, perform better when there is predictability. And so business people and political leaders have surely discovered by now that 2020… Read more
#BTEditorial – Alternative route. Expect delays. Recovery ahead Barbados Today31/07/2020089 views The debate on Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s cabinet reshuffle has subsided apparently and the business of the country goes on unabated. Inevitably, there was by turns praise and criticism over… Read more
#BTEditorial – We should learn from history; not ignore it Barbados Today30/07/2020184 views The names Robert Archbald, Robert Frederick Collins, Martin Thomas Manton, Mark Ciavarella and Thomas Maloney might mean very little to most Barbadians. These men had certain qualities in common at… Read more
#BTEditorial – Covering all our bases on the Barbados Welcome Stamp Barbados Today29/07/2020079 views The Barbados Welcome Stamp (BWS) is resonating around the globe and generating the kind of excitement that our island, which is starved for economic activity, is more than welcoming. But… Read more
#BTEditorial – Owen Arthur 1949-2020 Barbados Today28/07/2020182 views Right across the political divide, indeed through its temporary obliteration, Barbadians at home and abroad, critic and supporter, tribal friend and foe, have been forced cruelly to reckon with loss… Read more
#BTEditorial – A real battle for climate and the economy Barbados Today25/07/2020066 views The fact that Barbadians and their neighbours in the Eastern Caribbean are preparing for the possible impact of Tropical Storm Gonzalo one week before the end of July, is a… Read more
#BTEditorial – Are we ready for all-electric vehicles by 2030? Barbados Today24/07/2020066 views Government, led by the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, has set an ambitious target of making Barbados completely dependent on renewable energy and eliminating the use of fossil fuels… Read more