by FRANK DA SILVA
IN THE 19TH CENTURY in the more developed countries, the average life span was 47 years. By 1910 in the United States it was still less than 50 years. The average life span has gradually increased over the years well into the ...
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by TONY BEST
CALL IT IN A GLIMPSE into the thinking of the Obama White House that can have a profound effect on the lives of thousands of Bajans.
Indeed, the ideas outlined the other day by the administration are important to people from at ...
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BARBADIAN SIGNING SENSATION Rihanna has broken virtually all international sales records; Shontelle Layne - of Harrison College and Cave Hill fame - has stormed up the US Top 40 charts with her opening hit song T-shirt; and following closely in thei ...
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BY RICHARD HOAD
ACCORDING TO W.C. FIELDS, "there comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation". That was quoted in a recent blog discussion on "crunch time" for Barbados. I hope they don't ...
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BY CLYDE MASCOLL
THE RECENT DOWNGRADING of Barbados' credit rating outlook came as no surprise, given the inactivity of the Government with respect to the economy. Immediately on assuming office, the Democratic Labour Party administration was ...
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YOU KNOW that our Caribbean region is heading for harder economic times not only by the gloomy assessments from reputable sources, such as The Economist Intelligence Unit; or Standard & Poor's, or analyses from the Inter-American Development Ban ...
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