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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 over two weeks ago, so this report is long past due. The report should include a chemical analysis of t...

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 the mortgage component of their salaries getting significantly smaller, and much easier to pay duri...

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 children even before coronavirus. The decision to scrap end-of-year assessments after the pandemic struck...

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…