Category: Editorial

What bark? What bite? Barbados Labour Party calls for resignation of Ronald Jones from Cabinet, yet offers no punitive measures if demands not met…

{EDITOR’s NOTE: At the press conference hastily gathered at 11:15 on a Tuesday morning, the Opposition Barbados Labour Party declined to offer any definitive plans even if of an #ISHALLWALK natu…

by AirBourne • October 7th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

QUO VADIS: PUBLIC WORKERS RIGHTS? DLP GOVERNMENT FIDDLES AS BARBADOS BURNS

The workers’ rights and entitlements which government employees, political leaders and trade unions in Barbados have fought for and achieved over the last 60 years are in a large measure being s…

by DevilsAdvocate • October 6th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

Suleiman Bulbulia on Barbados’ Muslim community & Barbados Free Press’ tabloid misrepresentation

{EDITOR’s NOTE: BajanReporter.com sought to encourage Abdul Pandor to air his side of the current grievance which ignores other gated communities with Controversy such as Highgate Gardens over p…

by DevilsAdvocate • October 6th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial )

“Renewable Energy” – Bridging the Caribbean Divide, By Ambassador Mikael BARFOD, EU Delegation Barbados & Eastern Caribbean

In a few days I will attend the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum and speak on a panel which will discuss donor harmonisation and absorption capacities of Caribbean countries. I think it is therefore h…

by AirBourne • October 2nd, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial )

‘”Right is might” – the reality and the dream’ By Sir Ronald Sanders

Activities at the United Nations in New York this week may have looked like a celebration of internationalism and a recognition that territorial wars, terrorism, religious intolerance, climate change,…

by Bajan Reporter • September 28th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

Scotland’s September 18 Referendum: Its consequences By Sir Ronald Sanders

{EDITOR’s NOTE: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author and any commenters on this article do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of BajanReporter.c…

by DevilsAdvocate • September 14th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

“Making Caribbean tourism ‘Chinese-ready'” By Sir Ronald Sanders

In recent years Chinese tourists have been touted as the new opportunity for growth of the industry in the Caribbean. But how realistic is this prospect for countries in the Caribbean, many of which a…

by DevilsAdvocate • September 9th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Travel )

“51 years later Dr King’s dream remains unfulfilled” By Sir Ronald Sanders

I write this commentary on August 28th 2014 – 51 years after the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr made his famous speech, “I have a dream” at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC…

by DevilsAdvocate • August 30th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

“Kamla is right: Joint Caribbean action vital to ensure no health crisis” By Sir Ronald Sanders

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is right to have called for a special meeting of leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) “to take pre-emptive m…

by DevilsAdvocate • August 24th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Health )

“Scotland’s Independence: Should the Commonwealth Caribbean care?” By Sir Ronald Sanders

On September 18, the electorate in Scotland will vote in a referendum to decide if Scotland should be independent of the United Kingdom (UK). A vote for independence will have far-reaching implication…

by DevilsAdvocate • August 20th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

‘Barbadians “rediscover” their spirit of protest… not a moment too soon’ BY Robert Edison Sandiford, Co-Founder: ArtsEtc Barbados

“We are getting back in tune with our revolutionary tradition…our tradition of activism.” David Comissiong, commenting July 22, 2014, on Barbadians’ current protests against th…

by DevilsAdvocate • August 9th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

“From the ashes of the Commonwealth Business Council, a bankable institution?” By Sir Ronald Sanders

Amid the success of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland, there has been a troubling development for the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) went into liquidation. CBC was…

by DevilsAdvocate • August 3rd, 2014 • 0 comments ( Business, Editorial )

Barbadian Minister of Commerce considers it appropriate if sugar is no longer exported but used locally: this as Banks Beer asks Media to limit questions at Press Conference

Two Cabinet Ministers of Barbados for one tour, what gives? It seems John Boyce, who handles Health, was asked to attend a special tour in Newton recently as he was a former Engineer there… Donv…

by AirBourne • August 3rd, 2014 • 0 comments ( Business, Editorial )

Ian ‘RedJet’ Burns passes at 58: Will son Robby pursue the dream?

Received a message from a Trinidad pal via Facebook that the founder of the Caribbean’s Low Fares Carrier had passed away, spent most of this morning hoping it was not true but verifying via dif…

by AirBourne • July 31st, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Travel )

Boon Or Bane? Owen Arthur departs BLP in hissy fit: says remainder of Term as Independent, really?

T I M E L I N E January 2008 – Owen Arthur endures crushing defeat as Barbados Labour Party’s fourth term hopes dashed by 20-10 swing in General Elections, claims to spend his time as Back…

by AirBourne • July 28th, 2014 • 1 comment ( Editorial, Political )

“China will cast a huge shadow as Japan meets CARICOM” By Sir Ronald Sanders

The word will not be spoken in any formal speeches and it won’t be mentioned in final statements and declarations, but it will be talked about in the corridors and it will be at the back of ever…

by DevilsAdvocate • July 28th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

“The New Bank of BRICS: What’s in it for small economies?” By Sir Ronald Sanders

It is news that should awaken the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from their complacent attitude toward developing countries. It is also news that should confirm to the G20 that w…

by DevilsAdvocate • July 19th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Business, Editorial )

“Rihanna: A Comic Proposal” by Robert E. Sandiford, NBM Eurotica’s Blog

Dear Rihanna, May I call you RiRi? I read something you said recently that got me to thinking again. It was in the Quotes for Today section of the Sunday, June 8, edition of The Barbados Advocate. The…

by DevilsAdvocate • July 8th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Rihanna )

‘CARICOM: Arrest “bun-wuk” before it spreads’ By Sir Ronald Sanders

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Sir Ronald is being too kind in this article, I am also vehemently opposed to the parasitic and hedonistic philosophy which pervades here in Barbados, in my view it appears not t…

by DevilsAdvocate • July 6th, 2014 • 1 comment ( Editorial, Political )

Republica De Plátano al otro veo? Dominican Republic Journalists arrested…

The international press freedom campaign group Reporters Without Borders says that they are shocked at the heavy-handed arrests of two journalists by drug police during separate operations in the past…

by Bajan Reporter • June 25th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

“Who rules from financial services rules?” By Sir Ronald Sanders

On May 29 the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) issued a public statement in which it said that it “recognises Guyana as a jurisdiction with significant AML/CFT (anti-money launderin…

by DevilsAdvocate • June 22nd, 2014 • 0 comments ( Business, Editorial )

What is “Refocusing Barbados”? How unbiased are they?

There are pages and pages of data on a very old and still controversial topic of “Subliminal Advertising,” noted horror and thriller author Dean Koontz even had it as the basis of one of h…

by AirBourne • June 15th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

“Stop cursing CARICOM as darkness; it is a light not yet fully turned-on” By Sir Ronald Sanders

Dr Franklin Johnston, a strategist, project manager and advisor to the Jamaica Minister of Education, wrote a column in the Jamaica Observer of May 30 in which he basically contended that the Caribbea…

by DevilsAdvocate • June 15th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )

“Importing Food is damaging the Caribbean: Why no action?” By Sir Ronald Sanders

It is shameful that golden opportunities to produce more food in the Caribbean and significantly reduce the astronomically high annual food import bill of US$4.75 billion are being woefully neglected.…

by DevilsAdvocate • June 8th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Editorial )

“Saving the CARICOM-Canada talks” By Sir Ronald Sanders

Negotiations between Canada and the 15 member-states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are now in danger of ending without result on June 30 – a ‘drop de…

by DevilsAdvocate • May 28th, 2014 • 0 comments ( Editorial, Political )