Countries with larger populations do not always equate to higher murder rates. While searching for crime statistics for Barbados I came across the Royal Barbados Police Force 2013 Annual Report. Listed on Page 33 was a “Crimes Against The Person” table. The table lists totals for several crimes, including murder, from 2009 to 2013. I…
Read More Caribbean Murder Rates 2013The retail price of gasoline and diesel changed during the first week of March. Gasoline rose from $3.29 BDS to $3.44 BDS per litre, and diesel fell from $2.63 BDS to $2.60 BDS per litre. The price changes resulted in an increase of fifteen cents per litre for gasoline and a decrease of three cents…
Read More Barbados Petroleum Price Change March 2018The retail price of gasoline and diesel changed during the first week of February. Gasoline dropped from $3.35 BDS to $3.29 BDS per litre, and diesel rose from $2.57 BDS to $2.63 BDS per litre. The price changes resulted in a decrease of six cents per litre for gasoline and an increase of six cents…
Read More Barbados Petroleum Price Change February 2018Another oil discovery for Guyana as reported by nationnews.com yesterday. Excerpt from Exxon’s website: The gross recoverable resources for the Stabroek block are now estimated to total more than 3.2 billion recoverable oil-equivalent barrels, including Liza, Liza Deep, Payara, Snoek and Turbot Let’s look at some basic calculations: At the time of this post, the…
Read More New oil discovery for GuyanaYesterday I looked at historical election data for Barbados. Today I’m focusing on voter turnout across the Caribbean. Using Caribbean Elections (C.E.) as my source, I focused on recent election results across several Caribbean countries and zeroed in on voter turnout. I also included voter turnout values for recently held elections in the US, UK and…
Read More Voter Turnout During Recent Caribbean Elections