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August 18, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Weekend Reading: Understanding Elon, Fixing Broken Teslas and The Impact of Dollar General on Small Communities

I do a lot of online reading. At any given point in time, I have well over 15 or 20 tabs (or pages) open in my web browser on my laptop and mobile phones. Starting this and every weekend, I will share some of the ones that I find the most interesting here. Elon Musk…

August 6, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Barbados Fuel Price Change August 2018

Source: Pixabay Consumers are paying less at the pump for gasoline and diesel from today. The retail price of gasoline moved from $3.96 BDS per litre to $3.88 a decrease of 8 cents, or 2%. Diesel moved from $3.21 BDS per litre to $3.15 a decrease of 6 cents, or 1.9% (Source: Barbados Today).

August 4, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Barbados Murder Statistics July 2018

I recorded three unnatural deaths for the month of July. All three of them were shooting related (Pauline Clarke, 38, Donason Ricardo Husbands, 26 and Zico Bowen, 25). Total number of deaths recorded from January 1 to July 31 = 23. A few words on the data collection methodology employed. My data sources are The…

August 4, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Barbados Murder Statistics June 2018

I recorded two unnatural deaths for the month of June. One of them was shooting related (Renaldo Foster, 31), while the other was unnatural (Antoine Edmund, 70). Total number of deaths recorded from Jan 1 to Jun 30 = 20. A few words on the data collection methodology employed. My data sources are The Media,…

August 4, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Barbados Murder Statistics May 2018

I recorded four unnatural deaths for the month of May. Two of them were shooting related (Winston Trevor Bynoe, 51 and Nicholas John Blagrove, 34), while the remaining two have been classified as unnatural (Trudy May Nicola Lowe, 45 and Trevor Clavier Marshall, 60). Total number of deaths recorded from Jan 1 to May 31…