DURING THE PAST WEEK, when almost every other person was concerned about the fate of the islands' economy, the association of public transport operators (APTO) managed to generate headlines by holding a retreat at Brandons on Monday.

The event was b ...

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GONE ARE THE DAYS when Barbadians can expect their Minister of Finance to make any serious attempt at laying out a reasoned response to the financial problems facing the country. What we have now is a Minister of Finance who is so fearful of public ...

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by Frank DaSilva

HUMPHREY METZGEN, an outstanding member of the Barbadian family, enriched by his Belizean birth and early life, wrote a column in our country's leading newspaper, the SUNDAY SUN, on March 14, that should be read and re-read in parti ...

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ONE YEAR AGO, Prime Minister David Thompson produced a Budget which, according to him, was based on the fundamental premise that the world would come out of recession in 2010, and that the Barbadian economy would once again be lifted by a growing int ...

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