Three separate and unrelated developments recently have highlighted the necessity for Barbadians to be forever vigilant, to be their brother’s keeper and to be prepared to seek justice irrespective of …
Editorial
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Barbados has taken decisive steps in the last few weeks to make medicinal marijuana available and seems to be working diligently towards making marijuana cultivation a major plank of economic recovery. Minister …
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The proverbial popping of champagne corks, the tumultuous adulation of the crowd and the scene of a sea of humanity clothed in red may have had a ring of inevitability …
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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 …
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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 …