David King

30/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/30/imf-pats-barbados-on-the-back/

The IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made the time at a press conference in Washington recently to identify Barbados and Jamaica as performing above the global average for economic growth.

29/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2013/04/28/pedro-caddle-maximum-sentencing-please/comment-page-2/ -2144554

Peter Caddle BU’s Note: Local media has reported that Pedro Caddle turned himself over to authorities in the company of his Attorney at law on Friday 30, 2013. Given the nature of this matter BU wi…

28/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/28/violence-is-merely-a-symptom/

Our thoughts words and actions creates our reality. So it seems we continued to shape the same story. Take a moment and observe how your current situation reflects how you said or actioned how it was going to be.

26/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/26/suggestion-for-the-gimme-the-vote-and-watch-muh-crew/

The gridlock on our roads every minute of the day no doubt contributes to the high number of accidents and SHOULD be high on the priority list for officials. It appears however there is a deer in a headlights approach not dissimilar to what we see happening in our moribund court system, with out of....

24/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/24/complaint-filed-against-lawyers-leodean-worrell-jalisa-watson-before-disciplinary-committee/

Attorney General Dale Marshall advised the country last week amendments to the Legal Professions Act have been sent to the Barbados Bar Association for review, the first attempt to amend said legislation governing lawyers in 50 years. There is a widely held view our legal (court) system has been del...

23/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/23/school-violence-to-the-point/

There has been much “talk” about violence in schools from many quarters. While there is no doubt that violence has been with us for a while, I wish to present eight (8) main factors which on their own or in combination with each other are primarily responsible for what we are facing now.

21/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/21/mottleys-cry/

There is a very popular saying that the best form of defence is to attack. It seems to this blogmaster Prime Minister Mia Mottley is trying to create a guilt trip on Barbadians and with good political reason. It is a government attracting a torrent of criticism because it has overpromised and underd...

20/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/20/what-is-government-hiding-reclearwater-bay-and-paradise-beach-sale/

The news broke last week that the contentious Paradise Beach property - where millions of tax dollars were pocketed by local politicians, lawyers and other players over the years - is in the process of being sold to Pendry.

18/10/2024

Open letter to the Editor of Barbados Today – The Caribbean people will not support colonial genocide

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/18/open-letter-to-the-editor-of-barbados-today-the-caribbean-people-will-not-support-colonial-genocide/

18/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/18/barbados-has-got-talent/

As CEO, I faced a huge challenge: securing offtake agreements for space and managing the risks that came with them. I’ve known Ramon for a long time, but I never knew he was into robotics. That changed when I was touring BMEX 2022 with Mia Amor Mottley. Ramon demonstrated the robotics training he ...

17/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/17/is-the-dlp-fit-for-purpose/

For those who will lament the fact that there is too much focus on the duopoly and alternative political parties should be the focus. Help us to understand where are the credible alternative political parties? The average Barbadian although disgusted with the DLP and BLP over recent election cycles;...

15/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2010/03/16/movado-and-vybz-kartel-gully-gazza-should-be-told-stay-the-hell-out-of-barbados/

The news that Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer’s is scheduled to perform in Barbados since his release from prison has been confirmed for 2025 according to local media reports. The blo…

14/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/13/gorillaphants-on-the-warpath/

When Israel responded to Hamas’ attack on 7th October 2023, it drew Yemen (Houthis) and Lebanon (Hezbollah) into the conflict. Once Yemen fired missiles into Israel, the US and UK launched airstrikes in Yemen. Hezbollah’s military response was initially limited to the northern part of Israel res...

12/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/12/dont-cry-for-me-barbados/

One must be sympathetic of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA), an agency like many compromised by political interference through the years. Of interest is that the former CEO Keithroy Halliday (ag) recently resigned from the BWA to take up a similar position at the problem plagued Water and Sewage A...

10/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/10/barbados-has-a-painfully-slow-tech-adoption-rate/

To truly harness AI’s potential, the Caribbean must first strengthen its digital fundamentals. Cybersecurity and data privacy are not just technical necessities; they are enablers of trust in the digital space.

08/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/08/why-our-boys-are-failing/

Didn’t we say girls are from Venus and boys are from Mars? What about what boys are made of? Snips and snails, And puppy dog tails, That’s what little boys are made of. What are little girls …

06/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2024/10/06/barbadians-marching-blindly-to-our-fate/

From all reports there are about 130,000 vehicles in Barbados (not including scraped vehicles at the side of roads or on vacant lands) with an estimated 50,000 uninsured if Permanent Secretary Andrew Gittens in the Ministry of Transport is to be believed. In the press report cited, mention was made....

04/10/2024

https://barbadosunderground.net/2018/02/20/paradise-clearwater-bay-ltd-sold-to-pharliciple-inc/

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