Since my last post, I managed to source the remainder of data for fuel prices in 2015. The charts below show gasoline and diesel prices from January 2015 to September 2017. NOTE: I recorded two fuel price changes in December 2015 and marked them as “Dec A” and “Dec B” respectively in the table below…
Read More Barbados Fuel Prices 2015 to 2017Summary: Based on publicly available data, Barbadians are paying more at the pump in 2017 for gasoline and diesel compared to 2016. For 2017 – so far – Barbadians paid an average of $3.02 BDS per litre for gasoline and $2.25 BDS per litre for diesel. For gasoline, September was the most expensive month at $3.25…
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Analysis 2016 to 2017UPDATE: Click here for data up to Dec 2017 The murder count for the year has risen from 24 to 26. The two recent victims are Renaldo Gittens and Rico Burgess. Both were killed in Marley Vale, St. Philip on August 29. Latest Data: 26 murders to date. June, July and August had the most…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics August 2017According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Barometer publication (June 2017, Vol. 15), international tourist arrivals to the Caribbean region amounted to 25.2 million for the year. However, according the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), tourist arrivals surpassed 29 million. So, why the difference of at least 2 million tourists between the CTO and…
Read More Over Two Million International Tourists “Missing” In The Caribbean?UPDATE: Click here for data up to Dec 2017 On August 22, the print edition of the Daily Nation newspaper published a list of murders for the year (‘Murder High’ Pg. 32). The list included names, ages, dates, how and where the victims died. The evening update of Barbados Today, an online news publication, listed…
Read More Barbados Murders For 2017