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The stats don’t seem to bear out Mr. Sealy’s claim

By the BSJ Editor    Published August 11, 2010
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy was quoted on the front page of the Daily Nation edition for Monday, August 9, 2010 as saying that over 700,000 visitors had come to Barbados in the first six months ...
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Barbados’ seven key decisions

By ALAN SMITH    Published August 11, 2010
Economic Management and Decision Making in the Age of Austerity - Lessons from our history Barbados, like several nations throughout the world, large and small, face big, challenging and difficult dec...
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See no problem, hear no cry, feel no pain

By BSJ EDITORIAL WRITER    Published August 7, 2010
Senator Darcy Boyce’s upbeat performance last Thursday night was no doubt intended to lift the spirits of an embattled nation watching its economy teetering on the brink. However, no matter how sinc...
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McKay: Super Centre helps local manufacturers most

By     Published June 19, 2010
To the Editor: I was pleased to read the article by Russell Luckock (“Local Products Need More Promotion in Barbados’ Supermarkets”) and would like to advise that we have been working with local...
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Local products need more promotion in Barbados’ supermarkets

By RUSSELL LUCKOCK    Published June 15, 2010
I had the opportunity of visiting BMEX whilst on Barbados recently, and was very impressed with all the companies who had taken the trouble to show their wares. I was particularly impressed with the F...
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Clico could drag Barbados’ economy down

By PATRICK HOYOS    Published June 15, 2010
The biggest danger the Clico debacle poses for Barbados is that it could bring the economy down with it. With our credit rating only being saved from further slippage due to what seems to me to be a d...
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Britain: Cameron and Clegg’s first week in power

By RUSSELL LUCKOCK    Published May 18, 2010
Britain’s Tory prime minister, David Cameron, and his Lib-Democrat deputy, Nick Clegg, have had their first week in power. Of course, there has been a lot of criticism from within both parties alrea...
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Dressed to Kill

By PATRICK HOYOS    Published May 17, 2010
I remember the long nights of playing at Mary’s Moustache, four hour-long sets with fifteen minutes break in between, ending anywhere between two and four in the morning depending on when we started...
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Monetising the Barbadian Experience

By PATRICK HOYOS    Published May 12, 2010
If there’s one phrase that resonates with both Bajan and visitor alike, apart from “cricket, lovely cricket” it may well be “owning a piece of the rock.” In fact, so heavy has been the deman...
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Did Thompson take his eye off the CIL ball?

By PATRICK HOYOS    Published May 4, 2010
Leroy Parris’ bringing forward of his departure timelines, not only from the local Clico subsidiaries, but now, it seems, from his post as executive chairman of their parent company, Clico Barbados ...
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