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La Soufrière’s Good Friday 1979 eruption marked by explosion Article by April 14, 2021 St Vincent’s La Soufrière volcano heralded the 42nd anniversary of its Good Friday 1979 eruption with a classic, dramatic explosion that sent a towering mushroom cloud of ash and rock splinters miles into the air. It has been five days since the volcano has been shooting its gas-rich magma out of the crater, sometimes in towering ash columns, or in sending pyroclastic flows down its ...

April 13, 2021 Were there any legitimate arguments against the contention that the Caribbean has one of the highest levels of vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters, it has been greatly diminished by the events of late. Some people still hold the view that climate change and adverse weather and climate events, are simply acts of God. That floods, destructive hurricanes, sea level rise, excessively hot days, fires in the Amazon Forest and even the miles of excessive sargassum ...

#BTColumn – They divide and rule Article by April 8, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados TODAY Inc. by Jasmine Yearwood The joint government and mass media campaign to instill fear in the populace, and turn neighbour against neighbour has been overwhelmingly successful globally. Barbadians, have been divided between those who choose to exercise their freedom, and those wh...

April 9, 2021 During yesterday evening’s Press conference, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley inadvertently stated that the new COVID-19 Directive, which further relaxes measures that were implemented to contain the spread of the virus, will take effect from April 11, 2021. In fact, the new Directive (No. 8), which will be available to the public shortly, takes effect from Monday, April 12, 2021, as the current Directive (No. 7) expires at midnight on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Therefore,...

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April 7, 2021 Prime Minister Mia Mottley says it is “an issue of class and discrimination” which has blown up over a Good Friday incident involving owner of The Cook Shop Ross Ashton, police officers and herself. Emphatically clearing herself of any wrongdoing, Mottley said she believed the issue had been blown out of proportion simply because Ashton’s business was located in Deacon’s Road, St Michael. The Prime Minister’s response came as she continued to come under fire f...

Eoin Morgan has insisted he has no concerns about Jofra Archer’s enduring motivation to play for England in all three formats, after the bowler himself used his newspaper column to hit back at suggestions - most notably from the former England captain, Michael Vaughan - that he “does not love Test cricket”.Archer played in the first and third Tests of England’s 3-1 series defeat to India, claiming four wickets at 30.50, a return that was consistent with his current Test average of 31.04....

Buoyant West Indies have their sights fixed on only their fourth series win in seven years but are braced for a backlash from a smarting Sri Lanka, in the second One-Day International set to bowl off in Antigua on Friday.The Caribbean side dominated the visitors in the opening game on Wednesday to come away with an eight-wicket victory and are aware that another favourable result at the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium, will go a long way in erasing recent bitter memories.However, cognizant that ...

West Indies and Jamaica star batsman, Chris Gayle, has admitted to some amount of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and would not want to take the medication if given a choice.With the disease having a devastating impact on normal life over the last year, countries around the globe have already launched various campaigns to stop the spread of COVID-19 in a bid to halt its devastating impact on those most vulnerable to its effects.According to research, the majority of the vaccines have efficacy rates b...

A few national federations have taken issue with the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) for asking them to pay their annual accident and injury policy during a pandemic, when no sports is being played and many of them are struggling financially.The aggrieved federations described the letter (a copy of which was obtained by Barbados TODAY signed by the BOA secretary-general Erskine Simmons and dated March 1 as “unconscionable”.They believe at a time when individuals are struggling financially...