Unprecedented postponement of Turks and Caicos general elections
By John Skippings From Caribbean News Now April Fool! Well, not exactly April to be sure; October 27 in the Turks and Caicos Islands was October Fool’s day. And while the prank was on the Turks and Caicos voters, the…
Peter Binose: Here are the basic problems with licensing Argyle airport
By Peter Binose There is no purpose built medical facility of any kind whatsoever built at the airport. There is no hospital within a short distance capable of coping with crash emergency victims. There is no hospital anywhere on the…
The Editor speaks: All Souls, All Saints and Halloween
Did you dress up this weekend with your Halloween costumes? Did you go with your children trick or treating? Or did you go or are you going to church? To church? Halloween is officially calendared as Oct 31st but it…
The Editor speaks: I couldn’t see the gorilla
Today I couldn’t find my gorilla – actually my large plastic drinking cup with the words “Magna Carta” printed on it. It is unique. You cannot miss it. I did. I searched and searched. I actually hate drinking water out…
Tourism Matters: A win-win scenario
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now Officially Restaurant Week Barbados was rolled out by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. recently, which actually runs from 22nd October until 5th November, leading up to this year’s rebranded Food and Rum Festival….
Peter Binose: Argyle Airport in Crisis ll
By Peter Binose Now a broken Argyle cannot hide its secrets any more here is some more information. It is now well established that the airport has so many obvious problems and perhaps latent problems too that it will be…
The View From Europe: Time to reshape and clarify ACP solidarity
By David Jessop From The Barbados Advocate WHAT does solidarity between nations mean in the early 21st century? Are the values inferred practical or advisable, in a multipolar world in which self-interest, overlapping relationships and multiple economic and political ideas…
Romeo-Mark’s ‘If Only the Dust Would Settle’, selected poems: A review
By Valerie Knowles-Combie Althea Romeo-Mark’s collection of selected poems, If Only the Dust Would Settle, is the outgrowth of a series of poetry readings, commissioned by VITA (Verein fur Interkulturelle Treffpunkte und Anlaufstellen), an “umbrella organization that focuses on the…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Any Trump tricks
From Rickey Singh TONIGHT’S THIRD and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take place amid increasing fears over the future of stable democratic governance in the world’s sole superpower. For a start, it is to be…
The editor speaks: Life is full of disappointments
One of my biggest disappointments was the passing of the Charities Bill by the Legislative Assembly. Of course, even though we are a British protectorate, we have to pander to the law hungry US State Department: “Each year, a U.S….






