Reproduced with permission, the text of Dr. Delisle Worrell – former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados – January 2020 newsletter: As we embark on the third decade of the 21st century, Barbadians look to our economic prospects with a mixture of hope and trepidation. Our hopes are grounded in our economy’s inherent strengths:…
Read More DeLisle Worrell: Prosperity May Be Restored, With the Right Policy MixFrom mid-night January 5th consumers paid less for gasoline and diesel. The retail price of gasoline fell from $3.58 BDS per litre to $3.55, a decrease of 3 cents / 0.8% from the previous month. The retail price of diesel decreased from $3.03 BDS per litre to $3.02, a decrease of 1 cent / 0.3% from…
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Change January 2020The final month of the year saw two murders taking place. The victims were Rondell Alexander (27 years old) and Kirk Bowen (26 years old). The killings took place in the parishes of St. Michael and St. Thomas respectively. Both deaths were shooting related. 2019 saw a total of at least 49 murders taking place…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics December 2019The Top 10 Posts for 2019 were as follows: Is iMarketsLive A Scam? Barbados Murder Statistics January 2019 Barbados Murder Statistics May 2018 Barbados Murder Statistics December 2017 KFC Zinger Prices Across the Caribbean Barbados Murder Statistics June 2019 KFC in the Caribbean Barbados Murder Statistics February 2019 Barbados Murder Statistics March 2018 Barbados Murder…
Read More caribbeansignal.com Top Posts for 2019This is the third article in a series on Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in the Caribbean. The first article looked at the number of KFC stores across the Caribbean while the second looked at countries with the most KFC stores per 100,000 people. In this article, I want to answer the following question: What is…
Read More KFC Zinger Prices across the CaribbeanReproduced with permission, the full text of Dr. Delisle Worrell – former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados – December 2019 newsletter: In an informed front page editorial on November 25, the Barbados Advocate had this to say about the power outage crisis in Barbados: “[Emera, the Canadian parent of the Barbados Light and…
Read More DeLisle Worrell: A Practical, Consistent Strategy for Renewables is Urgently NeededNovember 2019 saw six murders taking place across Barbados. The victims were: Temario Holder (16), Denzil Obed Scarboro (29), Ken McDonald Yearwood (39), Cecil Webb (49), Lennox Jeffneil Browne (48) and Terry Small (late 40s). Two deaths were shooting related (Scarboro and Yearwood), while the other four were stabbing/cutlass related. Three of the six murders…
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