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 •
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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 •
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Haiti has made a firm and important first step in taking responsibility for its affairs after decades of external interference. An agreement, reached on the night of February 5, twenty-four hours befo…
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DevilsAdvocate •
February 23rd, 2016 •
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In the United States, particularly in Washington DC the nation’s capital, it is impossible to escape the current elections by the Republican and Democratic parties to choose a candidate to repre…
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DevilsAdvocate •
February 15th, 2016 •
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The legislative framework for domestic violence protection in Barbados is based primarily on the Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act, Cap 130A, the Sexual Offences Act and the Offences Against t…
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DevilsAdvocate •
February 9th, 2016 •
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It is little known outside of the Organisation of American States (OAS) and even among its member Governments that it has been in a financial crisis for several years. The Organisation has survived ov…
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AirBourne •
January 22nd, 2016 •
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The Bajan Reporter came into being on 23rd December nine years ago – today we reflect on 2015 and what was hot at this popular web locale… 2015 will be special for many for many reasons  
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AirBourne •
December 27th, 2015 •
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Dr Ralph Gonsalves is making history in St Vincent and the Grenadines as he starts a fourth term in office amidst objections as Kingstown’s Prime Minister. Having already completed fourteen yea…
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DevilsAdvocate •
December 16th, 2015 •
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Recently during an address to an EU-ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) conference in Nigeria certain statements were made by Sir Ronald Sanders on …
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Bajan Reporter •
August 13th, 2015 •
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Kid #3: My Mommy says smoking kills. Nick Naylor: Oh, is your Mommy a doctor? Kid #3: No. Nick Naylor: A scientific researcher of some kind? Kid #3: No. Nick Naylor: Well, then she’s hardly a cr…
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AirBourne •
July 23rd, 2015 •
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Editorial, Health )
(EDITOR’s NOTE: Unfortunately, while the Senator finally performed her duties correctly – she just doesn’t get it…. Byer is SUPPOSED to intervene, not rely on the PM or hide be…
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AirBourne •
July 8th, 2015 •
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Grenville Phillips II chooses his words carefully, whether suggesting how Barbadians build better homes or examining if NISE really served its purpose, once he’s made a careful assessment –…
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AirBourne •
July 2nd, 2015 •
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If Sir Leroy Trotman as an officially retired trade unionist is still holding sway in the Barbados Workers’ Union and even negotiating still at Government’s Bay St headquarters earlier th…
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June 30th, 2015 •
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It is, to say the least, unfortunate that Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, has allowed domestic pressures to cause him to take the extreme measure of issuing a decree on May 27, creating t…
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DevilsAdvocate •
June 14th, 2015 •
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I have been quiet for a while on the Central Bank Of Barbados (CBB) who once again issued a quarterly statement minus a media briefing, I have also ignored a book launch they just held and now they…
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AirBourne •
June 7th, 2015 •
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Business, Editorial )
CAVEAT (Before I start my review and analysis, let’s make it absolutely clear that neither Jet Blue, nor the British High Commission far less the New Zealand High Commission are felt to be culpa…
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AirBourne •
May 21st, 2015 •
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Editorial, Political )
In what turned-out to be a very close general election the twenty-two and a half years reign of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) as the government of Guyana has come to an end. By a narrow margin o…
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DevilsAdvocate •
May 16th, 2015 •
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I have seen memes which lament how a comedian is the only real journalist in USA, this was referring to Jon Stewart… Now sadly readying to relinquish his late night mantle on Comedy Central. HBO…
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AirBourne •
May 13th, 2015 •
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Editorial, Education )
Concern was rightly raised over the failure of the Supervisor of Elections in St Kitts-Nevis, Wingrove George, to declare the results of the February 16 general elections until 2 days afterwards. Ther…
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DevilsAdvocate •
February 23rd, 2015 •
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“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” – George Orwell I had no idea I was an acolyte of Orwell? So many press confe…
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AirBourne •
February 22nd, 2015 •
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Within the next ten years the world community should expect China’s Yuan (also called renminbi) to be as widely used as the United States dollar. For almost a decade now the Chinese currency has…
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DevilsAdvocate •
February 10th, 2015 •
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Industry experts, performers aficionados and officials are thronging Needhams Point, they’re networking close to home yet in an ambient setting thanks to the Caribbean Music Summit at Hilton Bar…
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Bajan Reporter •
February 2nd, 2015 •
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Editorial, Music )
Minister of Finance, Chris Sinckler, reiterates Government is beginning to see a turnaround in this island’s economy. He made the comments today when the Israeli Ambassador to Barbados, Mordehai…
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AirBourne •
January 21st, 2015 •
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Business, Editorial )
Over the past 24 months, Barbados as well the rest of the Caribbean, has experienced a rise in data and network breaches. Organisations in both the private and public sectors in Barbados, like the wel…
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DevilsAdvocate •
January 19th, 2015 •
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Editorial, Technology )
There are many victims of terrorism carried out in the name of Allah and the prophet Muhammad, but none more so than people of the Muslim faith or people with Muslim names. Throughout the world, perfe…
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DevilsAdvocate •
January 19th, 2015 •
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