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I did not distinguish myself at Combermere School by being an athlete – I was terrible at sports. Fast-forward to last year when I realised that if I wanted to…

Sixty years before our Independence in 1966, there were several black-owned businesses established in Barbados, many of which operated in Roebuck Street in Bridgetown [1]. However, once the owners died, the businesses normally closed shortly thereafter. This difficult conversation describes this black man’s curse.

The second solution is for Clients to keep their money so that it cannot be stolen by lawyers. Instead, they should let banks take the financial risks by obtaining a mortgage and let the banks negotiate with the lawyers and obtain the title deeds to the purchased property.

It is distressing to see multi-storey buildings in Gaza collapsing after one missile strike. It is more distressing to know that many of our brothers and…

A building will not likely survive repeated bomb explosions, but we should have two design aims. The first is that a multi-storey building should not collapse after the first missile strike, assuming that the first missile strike is to eliminate enemy targets near external walls.

We are doing our students a grave disservice.  Submitted by Dr. Grenville Phillips II Once again, the Ministry of Education has proposed some type of educational reform to address the fact that most students leave school with no certificate evidence of having regularly attended. After a lot of reported consultations, an outline of an educational…

If you were granted one wish of having a one-hour conversation with anyone, who would you choose? I would choose God Himself. Submitted by Dr. Grenville Phillips II We have diverse social and religious traditions on which we make judgements about others – especially assigning blame for the life-choices of others. Fortunately for us, God…

The Government of Barbados protects us by setting minimum qualifications for those who want to offer professional services to the public. The qualifications

I was later informed that I had committed Barbados’ unpardonable sin. I should have joined one of the two established parties instead of starting a new one.

The Government is irresponsibly rushing through important legislation to fundamentally change Barbados. One includes a Bill to give the Minister absolute control over the National Insurance Scheme in the National Insurance and Social Security (Amendment) Act, 2023.