Crossing the floor – a poisoned chalice? Barbados Today23/04/20240673 views I‘ve been reflecting on this for a few weeks now and wrestling with my thoughts, trying to make sense of what is unfolding. We all love our country, right? And… Read more
Drax Hall: Acquisition or reparation? Barbados Today23/04/20240966 views A simple definition of reparation(s) is the making of amends for wrong or injury done. British newspaper The Guardian recently published a report that the Barbados government plans to pay… Read more
A UK motorcycle trainer on our motorcycle menace Barbados Today19/04/20240546 views I’ve been travelling back and forth to Barbados since 2016 and usually enjoy it. But, for a variety of reasons, I have to say, that enjoyment has been severely dampened.… Read more
‘Pop-down’ telecoms wires Barbados Today06/04/202401.3K views The utility companies, Flow and Digicel, must be called to account and made to clean up the mess of wires and contraptions that now hang from almost every wire and… Read more
Is justice really served? Barbados Today05/04/20240589 views Despite its shortcomings, I have a very healthy respect for the judicial system in Barbados but there are some things about it which I find difficult to understand, far less… Read more
Open letter to Agriculture Minister on monkey culling Barbados Today04/04/20240702 views We, the below animal welfare/animal rights organisations, note with dismay the recent announcement that hunters’ bounties on green monkeys have been increased from $15 to $25 in a bid to… Read more
Glyphosate a threat to food security, public health Barbados Today29/03/20240799 views The 1996 World Food Summit stated that: “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their… Read more
Exterminate all the green monkeys? Barbados Today12/03/20240899 views The monkey debate has restarted. A significant number of farmers dread the presence of the green monkey, while animal rights activists, conservationists and tourists welcome their presence. Green monkeys were… Read more
#BTSpeakingOut – Ralph Thorne’s politics of convenience Barbados Today21/02/20240309 views If ever there were to be a master class in political pretence, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne could indeed teach it. The inveterate party-hopper who has come to be known more… Read more
#BTSpeakingOut – Come clean on World Cup loan Barbados Today07/02/20240289 views Sometime during the latter part of last year at the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum held in Guyana, the Prime Minister of Barbados announced that a US$25 million (BDS$50 million)… Read more