Effective mid-night May 6 Barbadian consumers are paying more money at the pump for gasoline and diesel. Retail prices for gasoline moved from $3.31 BDS per litre to $3.40 an increase of 2.7%. Diesel moved from $2.60 BDS per litre to $2.61 BDS, a 0.4% increase (Source: Barbados GIS, Nation, Barbados Today).
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Change May 2018I recorded five unnatural deaths for the month of April. Three of them were stabbing and shooting related (Onica King, 36, Dwayne Dublin, 36 and Dwayne Forde, 33). Total number of deaths recorded from January 1 to April 30 = 14. A few words on the data collection methodology employed. My data sources are The…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics April 2018The fuel price change I wrote about on April 9th happened on April 16. Based on previous data, retail fuel price changes generally occur during the first week of the month. This change happened in the second week. Gasoline is now $3.31 BDS per litre, down from $3.44. Diesel remains the same at $2.60 BDS…
Read More UPDATE: Barbados Petroleum Price Change April 2018Gender diversity in the boards of directors of companies is an important topic across the globe. Research indicates that women are still underrepresented. It appears that the Caribbean is no different. Based on informal research and a sample of eight Caribbean companies, the majority of boards consist of men. Research Background The catalyst for…
Read More Gender Diversity in the Boards of Directors of Caribbean CompaniesBarbadians should not be surprised if a change in the price of petroleum products is announced this week. Based on over two years worth of data, the retail price of petroleum products (i.e., gasoline and diesel) changes within the first week or so of every month. Gasoline prices rose twice and fell once for the…
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