Last week Barbados’ credit unions joined their global fraternity in celebrating International Credit Union (ICU) Day on October 15, further cementing the invaluable contribution of this sector to the lives …
Editorial
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History is replete with examples of politicians hurling witty insults at each other. Winston Churchill in taking a swipe at his British Prime Minister Clement Atlee once said that an …
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This is a year of distraction as many important events have passed us with very little fanfare because of the overshadowing effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), now gearing up …
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It was Winston Churchill who cautioned leaders they should never allow a good crisis to go to waste. And the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly provided enough crisis scenarios to last …
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The recent news of a major road works programme to upgrade the Highway 1 stretch along the West Coast is great news. Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Ian …
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In 1995, the then Chairman of the Barbados Broadcasting Authority, veteran journalist Carl Moore, spoke about some of the applications coming into his office for licences to operate radio stations. …
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Barbados’ post-independence history of appointing some of the most stellar legal minds to the position of Chief Justice has a new addition. Names like Sir Denys Williams and Sir William …
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There has to be something fundamentally wrong when a group of nations can unilaterally ascribe to themselves the power to regulate tax and financial structures of another country and proceed …
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What are people prone to do when they are panicked? They tend to make irrational decisions, oftentimes, based on worst case scenario. That is what we fear may be occurring …
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They aren’t simply empty words when people repeatedly say that COVID-19 has brought unprecedented and unimaginable challenges. However, as a people we have to swiftly learn how to adapt to …