The recent surge in gun play in Barbados has been featured prominently in the media over the last few days (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here). On July 8, the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, The Honourable Dale Marshall, addressed this, and related matters, during a press conference (see…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics 2017 to 2022From mid-night July 3, consumers in Barbados paid more for gasoline and diesel products. The price of gasoline rose from $4.41 BDS per litre to $4.72 ($0.31 / 7.0% increase over June). The price of diesel also rose, going from $4.04 BDS per litre to $4.08 ($0.04 / 1.0% increase over June). Source: Barbados Government Information Service.…
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Change for July 2022There have been at least 15 murders for the year so far. The data presented below is from January to June 2022. The steps involved in this analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis. Note to Table 1: Data extracted from The NationNews and Barbados Today website (click to enlarge). Note to Chart 3: By…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to June 2022The data presented below is from January to May 2022 (I will post 2021 numbers in the near future). The steps involved in the analysis essentially remain the same from the 2020 analysis. Note to Table 1: Data extracted from The Nation’s website. Note to Chart 3: By method, I mean, what did the attacker…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to May 2022From mid-night June 5, consumers in Barbados paid more for gasoline and diesel products. The price of gasoline rose from $4.38 BDS per litre to $4.41 ($0.03 or 0.7% more than the last change). The price of diesel also rose, going from $4.03 BDS per litre to $4.04 ($0.01 or 0.2% more). Source: Barbados Government Information Service.…
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