#BTEditorial – Let’s all be prepared for this coronavirus Barbados Today24/01/2020085 views Not for the first time, Barbados looks on with piqued interest at unfolding developments as some of the world’s big countries battle to stave off a global pandemic. It may… Read more
#BTEditorial – Our National Heroes deserve a greater spotlight Barbados Today23/01/20200172 views As we marked the centenary of the birth of The Right Excellent Errol Walton Barrow, our Father of Independence, we register our disappointment that the celebrations were nowhere near as… Read more
#BTEditorial – A satellites of none. Errol Barrow would be proud Barbados Today21/01/20201312 views Just imagine the spectacle. A representative of this sovereign nation meets with the American Secretary of State who has disinvited most other fellow members of the Caribbean Community. Imagine, too,… Read more
#BTEditorial – Time for witness protection programmes Barbados Today18/01/2020090 views As the country continues to grapple with the disturbing spike in crime, the oft-heard refrain from the country’s top officials and law enforcers is a call to the public to… Read more
#BTEditorial – We are all St Alban’s people now Barbados Today17/01/2020098 views On March 21, 2019, when a daring fatal shooting at Sheraton Mall stunned shoppers going about their business in the middle of the day, we were justifiably outraged. Now, almost… Read more
#BTEditorial – The law is not an ass; perhaps we citizens are! Barbados Today16/01/2020764 views Over the past few years, having monitored the deliberations in the Magistrates’ Courts, we have come to the conclusion that Douglas Frederick is among the best court officials in the… Read more
#BTEditorial – Look north: Speightstown cruise terminal a good idea Barbados Today15/01/20200108 views Barbados’ cruise tourism sector continues to grow, with 853,200 passengers arriving here via that route in 2019, up from the previous high of 826,267 cruise ship visitors recorded in 2018.… Read more
#BTEditorial – Saving The City a capital idea Barbados Today14/01/20201113 views It is a sobering but vitally important issue facing the entire nation. Our capital city, nearly 400 years old, is dying. This is no hyperbole. The exodus from The City… Read more
#BTEditorial – The new ‘talk’ in Barbados is welcomed, at last. Barbados Today11/01/20200169 views The cases were the talk of a nation. On one hand, a self-proclaimed ‘superstar’, Timothy Rugrat St Pierre, was remanded to HMP Dodds for performing atop a counter at Chefette… Read more
#BTEditorial – Fight the urge to fight change in education Barbados Today10/01/2020052 views It is a painfully unnerving exercise to witness knee-jerk opposition to change among leaders who purport to represent their members’ interests. Whether it is taxi drivers in an uproar against… Read more