Artificial intelligence is often discussed in Barbados in terms of technology, productivity and innovation (see here and here) As a Barbadian, and a technologist, there’s a question that I think may need further in-depth analysis: What happens when AI meets the structure of the Barbadian labour market? Note: This article is intended to explore and…
Read More How Vulnerable Are Barbados Jobs to Artificial Intelligence?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…
Read More Voter Turnout in Barbados: A Review of the Official EBC DataNOTE: 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)Tracking violent incidents in Barbados is central to everything I do here on the blog and in the homicide database. It all starts with checking the news periodically throughout the day and into the night. Once I find something related to violent crime, it becomes an incident. This also means that my numbers may understate the…
Read More Tracking Violent Incidents in Barbados January to May 2025Data and stats for homicides in Barbados, January to April 2025 edition, can now be found on barbadoscrimeblog.com.
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to April 2025