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April 30, 2021 Those residing on opposite sides of Barbados’ political divide will view the fall from grace of former Government minister Donville Inniss with obviously different emotions. But those whose heads are not buried either on Roebuck Street or George Street and are willing to learn lessons will take them and be guided in their future endeavours, especially when holding public office or trust. Social media has already exposed the nature of many of us, who though having the ...

April 28, 2021 Prime Minister Mia Mottley believes there are lessons to be learnt from the punishment meted out to former Government minister Donville Inniss. The 55-year-old Inniss, who served as Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development in the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration, was today sentenced to 24 months in a US prison. Last year, Inniss, a U.S. legal permanent resident who resided in Tampa, Florida, and Barbados, was foun...

How Pfizer Makes Its Covid-19 Vaccine April 28, 2021 Inside this facility in Chesterfield, Missouri, trillions of bacteria are producing tiny loops of DNA containing coronavirus genes — the raw material for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. It’s the start of a complex manufacturing and testing process that takes 60 days and involves Pfizer facilities in three states. The result will be millions of doses of the vaccine, frozen and ready to ship. STEP 1 Pull DNA from Cold Storage A scientist re...

April 27, 2021 With Barbados battling a water crisis in the middle of the dry season, St Thomas MP Cynthia Forde has issued a plea to Barbadians to desist from overusing the limited supply to wash the volcanic ash from their homes and cars. Forde, whose constituency has also been hard hit by water shortages, told journalists that people across the island can be seen using water to wash away the ash from their properties, at a time the island is facing a drought and reservoir levels ar...

Police ‘untouchable’, says Pilgrim Article by April 22, 2021 One of the island’s leading criminal attorneys does not believe yesterday’s murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will have a major impact on law enforcement practices here. Queen’s Counsel, Andrew Pilgrim told Barbados TODAY it was unlikely there would be a shift in police behaviour in Barbados simply because of a guilty verdict miles away in the United States. The 45-year...

April 16, 2021 Reading about yogis, you find many have stories about escaping the corporate space. After yogi teacher training, oftentimes there seems to be a misalignment with corporate life and the yogi way of life which leads to full immersion in practising and teaching yoga. I’m not trying to escape the corporate space. In fact, I love my job. In my Health & Wellness division, I think I have been fortunate to find a team I love, a culture I enjoy and a job that aligns with my pa...

by Britanny Brathwaite Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados TODAY Inc. Just about everyone has suffered loss in the past year- in an employment context, the loss of revenue for employers and the commensurate loss of income for employees is and will continue to be a central issue across the region and particularly here in Barbados. While business owners, practitioners, and the like, may have previousl...

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...