One down, eight more to go. The West Indies couldn’t have asked for a better start to the International Cricket Council’s World Cup. Their emphatic seven-wicket victory over Pakistan at …
Editorial
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Another year, another developing water crisis. It’s now virtually predictable that scores of households and farmers will suffer from dry taps, as the not-so-rainy season begins this weekend. There’s been …
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The development of post-independent Barbados has been facilitated not only by the resilience, contributions and nationalistic spirit of its people but largely through tourism and enormous foreign investment. But international …
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“I don’t speak out in Parliament, so I must sing it in the kaiso tent.” – My Victory, Red Plastic Bag, 1987 The official opening is still a few weeks away, …
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The shock rise of the bus fare by 75 per cent after a decade at $2.00 must have been, we imagined, music to the ears of the private minibus and …
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“Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) – Roman emperor Julius Caesar as he led his army across the Rubicon river, Italy, January 10, 49 B.C. A year ago today the …
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In just over a week, Hurricane Season 2019 will open. But already the season has seen an unofficial early start with the development of subtropical storm Andrea in the Atlantic …
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International sport is in for some exciting times within the next few days, as the best cricketing nations converge on England for the staging of the 12th edition of the …
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“You create history by doing things differently.” – Freundel Stuart, former Prime Minister of Barbados. On May 24, 2018, those words rang true, as the General Elections held on that …
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The measures introduced by the Government to tackle a rising tide of violence in our public schools, both organised and sporadic, deserves time to work. The consequences of inaction could …