BREAKING NEWS
Today Thursday, July 27th, 2017
Both established parties, some of the newer ones, and almost all Barbadian and foreign based economists are warning Barbadians to brace for severe austerity measures. Several prominent economists are …
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DevilsAdvocate • June 28th, 2017 • 0 comments 
( Breaking News, Editorial )
Three weeks ago, I and many other committed Caribbean integrationists, declared that the unity displayed by CARICOM countries at the Organization of American States (OAS) on May 31 “was a moment…
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DevilsAdvocate • June 26th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
As Ambassador, I occasionally promote U.S. policies that are unpopular with some government leaders in the Eastern Caribbean. That is the case now. The situation in Venezuela has reached the point whe…
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DevilsAdvocate • June 21st, 2017 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Editorial )
Whenever examination result are announced in Barbados, there is the predictable call for fundamental changes to our educational system. With approximately 60% of our secondary school students failing …
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DevilsAdvocate • June 18th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
This Government needs tax revenue in order that we may all benefit from Government managed health, education, road maintenance, police, fire, and other services. Therefore, we should all pay our taxes…
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DevilsAdvocate • June 3rd, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
The Ministry of Education has approved our children’s use of cellular phones in our schools. The obvious foreseen risk is our children’s direct access to pornography (porn) on their smart …
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DevilsAdvocate • May 26th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Education )
The Organisation of American States (OAS) has lost credibility as a multilateral institution capable of contributing to a resolution of the growing conflict in Venezuela. There are two reasons for thi…
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DevilsAdvocate • May 21st, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
Every 5 years, Barbadians get an opportunity to look at their politicians’ report card and decide whether to allow them to continue to manage the national economy, or turn over management to a m…
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DevilsAdvocate • May 17th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
The yearnings for power and wealth of the stone-cold dead British Empire echoed among the older generation throughout the shires of Britain during the BREXIT campaign. Those yearnings reflected themse…
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DevilsAdvocate • May 13th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
On 21 April 2017, I attended a public meeting by the Barbados Private Sector Association and was disappointed by their austerity-based solutions to Barbados’ dire economic situation. The Governm…
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DevilsAdvocate • May 5th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
On January 1st,, “60 minutes“, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on “Citizenship by Investment Programmes” (CIP) tha…
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DevilsAdvocate • January 9th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
After a lifetime in Caribbean and international politics, I thought the time had long since passed when I could be outraged by any event. This is not only blatant racism getting a pass; it is a most d…
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DevilsAdvocate • December 18th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Controversy, Editorial )
The Brexit chickens are coming home to roost in a troubled British economy, however much British government ministers and other English nationalistic hopefuls are trying to suggest otherwise. Staying …
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DevilsAdvocate • December 11th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )
The supposedly “honourable” Donville Inniss, Barbados’ Minister of Commerce and Industry, is a liar of the highest pedigree, as is evident by his outrageously mendacious comments abo…
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DevilsAdvocate • November 23rd, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) response to the devastation in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew on October 4, 2016 is deemed a resounding success. CARICOM’s response was led by t…
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Bajan Reporter • November 21st, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
The Immigration and Customs Departments are seeking to set straight the record concerning their interaction with the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) in respect of a meeting called by the NUPW …
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DevilsAdvocate • November 15th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States of America, there is genuine concern about what his Presidency will mean for the Caribbean. So far, there have been …
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DevilsAdvocate • November 12th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
October 2016 marked a turning point for the Caribbean2030 initiative. Convened in 2015 with the aim of encouraging innovative thinking for the Caribbean region, the diverse, forward-thinking group gat…
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Bajan Reporter • November 11th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial )
The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not their achievement alone; it is also the fault of …
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DevilsAdvocate • August 13th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has tormented small Caribbean economies for five decades with austerity measures and fierce conditionalities, has been exposed as adopting utterly differen…
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DevilsAdvocate • August 6th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Business, Editorial )
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!” – Marcus Garvey There are those who still get a surprise to learn Bob Marley‘s famous song w…
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AirBourne • August 1st, 2016 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Editorial )
For anyone following the US Presidential campaigns, it has been a volatile voyage with great uncertainty about whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will eventually emerge triumphant. We still aren&…
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DevilsAdvocate • July 30th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )
Luis Almagro, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of American states (OAS), has told political stakeholders in Haiti, including the interim government and parliamentarians, that it is imperative…
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DevilsAdvocate • July 17th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )
Jamaica’s CARICOM Review Commission has been established and has had its first meeting. Quite what is the purpose of the Commission is not clear, nor is the prism through which the review will t…
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DevilsAdvocate • July 9th, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )
The result of the British referendum to leave the European Union (EU) has already left a trail of culprits, victims and intended and unintended consequences. Its primary outcome is grave uncertainty w…
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AirBourne • July 2nd, 2016 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )
