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#BTColumn – PM for a day Article by April 30, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today. If I could be the Prime Minister for one day, what would I do? The following are nine decisions that I would make. Volcanic ash. First, I would instruct Minister Sutherland to publish a preliminary report on recommended uses for the volcanic ash, in ten days. We got ash in Barbados ove...

BAD ADVICE. If you are being advised to get a 25 to 30-year home-mortgage at this time, then in my opinion, you are being very badly advised. Many of our parents who paid off their mortgages, got them when land was selling at around $1 to $2 per sq-ft. Now, it is more than 10 times that amount. Construction costs were around $75/sq ft. Now it is about 3 to 4 times that amount. Middle-income salaries were around $500 per month. Those salaries likely grew ten-fold over their careers. So, they saw...

Submitted by Grenville Phillips We have critical questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. We have highly qualified medical professionals who treasure their reputations enough to tell us the truth. We have a Prime Minister who has asked for difficult questions, and instructed our professionals to answer such questions on live TV. What can possibly go wrong?…

“Educators around world seek to take axe to exam-based learning Covid era prompts push to ditch one-size-fits-all approach in favour of skills and independent thinking Students of the TU Technical University Dortmund write their exams in German for foreigners at the Westfalenhalle venue in Dortmund, Germany, last June. The pandemic has hastened appeals to change assessment methods. © Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images Tony Stack, a Canadian educator, was developing a new way to assess child...

Submitted by Grenville Phillips Political parties are competitive organisations.  They compete against each-other for the limited votes during elections.  Individuals cannot join any political party they wish.  They must apply for membership, and the party then decides whether to accept them or not. Party members who become part of a party’s leadership, are trusted with…

Cook-up rice is very, very nice. A good old Bajan stew-food is excellent too, just eat whatever is in the ground or the market that day. All local, green banana, tomatoes, onions, breadfruit, yam, cassava, sweet potato, carrots, okras, spinach, pigeon peas,increase peas [those are real real easy to grow] if you spill some anywhere outdoors by accident next thing you know you have peas ready to eat. cook it all up in the same pot, put the ingredients which require more heat at the bottom, and ...