EditorialLocal News Protecting witnesses is protecting justice by Barbados Today 05/09/2025 written by Barbados Today 4 min read The recent attack on the Jones family in Colleton, St John, has jolted the nation. Their residences – one shot up, the other the target of an arsonist – were … Continue Reading 05/09/2025 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EditorialLocal News US attack in the Caribbean: Gunboat diplomacy’s bloody return by Barbados Today 04/09/2025 by Barbados Today 04/09/2025 The reports are worryingly scant, but it appears as if the United States carried out an extrajudicial killing masked as a unilateral military action, taken when no rules of engagement, … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EditorialLocal News Beyond bricks and mortar: Towards a cultural renaissance by Barbados Today 03/09/2025 by Barbados Today 03/09/2025 Barbados has taken visible steps to strengthen its cultural infrastructure. CARIFESTA XV marked the launch of the National Performing Arts Centre at Newton. The government has secured the Banyan Archives, … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Editorial Lessons learned from CARIFESTA – for the sake of our culture by Barbados Today 02/09/2025 by Barbados Today 02/09/2025 The returns are coming in: CARIFESTA XV was an extraordinary and memorable success for Barbados, rewarding unprecedented vibrancy with record-breaking attendance at major events and venues, and energising the nation’s … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Editorial Job registry a step towards fairer employment by Barbados Today 30/08/2025 by Barbados Today 30/08/2025 The recent launch of the Barbados Job Registry by Minister of Labour Colin Jordan marks a forward-looking and necessary intervention in the island’s employment ecosystem. The digital platform, designed to … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EditorialLocal News Protective services, nurses should also get bank holiday double pay by Barbados Today 29/08/2025 by Barbados Today 29/08/2025 In every modern society, there are professions that hold up the pillars of public life. Nurses, police officers, soldiers, and fire officers are the workers who show up not just … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Editorial Jackie Opel Day deserved a Super Concert too by Barbados Today 28/08/2025 by Barbados Today 28/08/2025 On Wednesday, August 27, CARIFESTA XV quietly marked Jackie Opel Day with a concert. However, there was no national buildup, no real fanfare, no loud proclamation of who Jackie Opel … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EditorialLocal News Reinforcing the trust factor must be credit unions’ priority by Barbados Today 23/08/2025 by Barbados Today 23/08/2025 For decades, commercial banks, credit unions, and now a growing wave of credit-lending companies have been offering a range of services aimed at helping individuals manage and grow their money. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EditorialLocal News Citizenship by investment still a useful tool by Barbados Today 22/08/2025 by Barbados Today 22/08/2025 In a firm and principled address to the nation, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reaffirmed that Barbadian citizenship “is not, and will never be, a commodity for purchase.” … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Editorial Saying the quiet part out loud: no more excuses for backlog by Barbados Today 21/08/2025 by Barbados Today 21/08/2025 Chief Justice Leslie Haynes has said out loud what many in the legal profession and the general public already know: The Magistrates’ Courts are overwhelmed, and traffic offences are a … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail