February 2019 saw five murders taking place in Barbados (14 for the year so far). Two occurred in St. Michael and one murder per parish in St. Thomas, St. George and St. Philip. All of the victims were male and all except one died as a result of gun play. While the table below lists…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics February 2019January 2019 saw nine murders taking place in Barbados. Five occurred in St. Michael, one in Christ Church and St. Thomas, and two in St. Lucy. Six victims were male, while the remaining three were female. The data was collected and compiled based on available media reports at the time. See below charts for additional…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January 2019From mid-night September 2 (September 3) consumers paid more for gasoline and less for diesel. The retail price of gasoline moved from $3.88 BDS per litre to $3.91, an increase of 3 cents, or +0.8%. Diesel moved from $3.15 BDS per litre to $3.14, a decrease of 1 cent, or -0.3% (Source: Barbados Government Information…
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Change September 2018Source: Pixabay Consumers are paying less at the pump for gasoline and diesel from today. The retail price of gasoline moved from $3.96 BDS per litre to $3.88 a decrease of 8 cents, or 2%. Diesel moved from $3.21 BDS per litre to $3.15 a decrease of 6 cents, or 1.9% (Source: Barbados Today).
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Change August 2018I recorded two unnatural deaths for the month of June. One of them was shooting related (Renaldo Foster, 31), while the other was unnatural (Antoine Edmund, 70). Total number of deaths recorded from Jan 1 to Jun 30 = 20. A few words on the data collection methodology employed. My data sources are The Media,…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics June 2018