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Canadian banks in the Caribbean atrocious behaviour
By Jeffrey Butler – Freeport, Bahamas From Barbados Underground At the expense of we the Caribbean people, their clients, and small businesses throughout the region, CIBC, Canada’s fifth largest banking institution, is using deplorable tactics to reduce losses and/or build…
The Editor Speaks: A warning from one of our readers
CUBA! – Look at Israel. Good morning Colin I’ve just read an amazing comment on Cayman 27, “Cuba is not ready for tourism.” I don’t know who Raglan Roper is but that is about the most ill-informed and dangerous attitude…
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How a stronger US dollar and lower oil prices affects the Caribbean
By Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday December 12, 2014 – Caribbean countries whose value is fixed to the US dollar should benefit, at least in the short term, from the fall in oil prices and the strengthening of…
Commentary: The reparations debate in the Caribbean
By Oliver Mills, From Caribbean News Now Since the recent publication of the book “Britain’s Black Debt” by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, a debate has emerged in…
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How secure is Barbados’ new centralized healthcare information system?
By Niel Harper From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Think about the following scenario for a minute: A Caribbean government deploys a health information system (HIS) with the goal of improving the quality and coordination of patient care in the public health…
Thankful
By John Biggs Everything is awful. Terror is on the rise, the oceans are threatening our shores, humans are heartless, pitiless, and endlessly greedy. If we keep going the way we’re going we will be hollow ghosts haunting a corn…
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Venezuela in financial difficulty, will Petro Caribe survive?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 27, 2014 – The government of Venezuela is undoubtedly disappointed with the outcome of the 166th meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) held in Vienna, Austria on…
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Inadequate response to Ebola should not be repeated with Chickungunya
By Sir Ronald Sanders BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 20, 2014 – The good news is that a prophylactic vaccine against chikungunya, developed by the Austrian biotech company Themis Bioscience GmbH, is reported to induce a significant neutralizing immune response to…
Letter to the Editor
Arrested for fighting slavery? Modern slavery couldn’t be closer to home for Biram Dah Abeid. The twelfth of thirteen children born to an enslaved mother, Biram was released from a life of servitude while still in the womb.1 His release…
Did PM Gonsalves fail to inform the people about the status of the Wikileak disclosures?
By Peter Binose There are at least thirty five Wikileak releases of cables from the US Ambassador in Barbados to the US that carry reference or contain PM Gonsalves name, some of which carry derogatory statements, some of which may…
