Barbados went to the polls on February 11 and, for the third consecutive time, the BLP secured a 30–0 victory. That, in itself, is historic — but it is not my focus here. What I am examining instead is voter turnout. Soon after the election, I saw a horizontal bar chart circulating on Facebook showing…
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Read More Caribbean Weather website and Facebook groupThe U.S. State Department has introduced a 12-month pilot program requiring citizens of Malawi and Zambia to pay a refundable $15,000 bond when applying for B-1/B-2 (tourist or business) visas. The policy aims to deter visa overstays and targets countries with high overstay rates, weak vetting, or citizenship-by-investment programs without residency requirements. According to 2023…
Read More U.S. Visa Overstay Data: How the Caribbean Compares to Malawi and ZambiaNOTE: This article was originally published on our sister blog: www.barbadoscrimeblog.com Introduction Around the second week of June, I decided to launch an online poll that asked one simple question: “How safe do you feel living in Barbados today?” This was not meant to be a formal survey (while that would have been more rigorous,…
Read More Barbados Safety Poll – June 2025: Background and Respondent Profile (Part 1)