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Miss Violet: On De Prime Minister's Warning, De Young Man Remanded, De Oistins Question, and What a Society Owes Its Children
Good morning to every reader. I am Miss Violet. I shall be more brief today than I was yesterday because I have a Sabbath School class to …
Bajan Bugle: De World Is Sliding Backwards, Mottley Says; A Young Man Remanded for Stealing a Key; and Oistins Needs a Rethink
Saturday morning in Bridgetown. Bajan Bugle here. The coffee is strong, the news is mixed, and the Prime Minister is, in her measured way, …
Auntie Cheryl: Saddam Hosein Open a GYM!! TTMB Have New Mortgage for We!! And Nurses Saying Dey Going to WALK!!
Allyuh!!! It me, Auntie Cheryl, and I wake up dis Saturday mornin’ with SO MUCH to tell yuh. De phone been ringin’ since 6AM, me …
Trini Dispatch: De Fair Trading Commission Still Not Working, New Mortgages From TTMB, and an MP Opens a Gym While Nurses Continue to Leave
Saturday morning, Port of Spain. Trini Dispatch here, trying to sort the week into something that looks like a pattern. It mostly does not …
Cousin Leroy: Yo Dem REALLY Charge Jaii Frais??? And Somebody Stole De HURRICANE RELIEF?? From CANADA?? Yo WHAT
Yooooo wah gwaan fam. Leroy here calling from the BX on my 15-minute break at Logan, I am literally eating a bodega sandwich as I type this, …
Yard Report: Dem Charge Jaii Frais, MSMEs in Triple Threat, Second Sibling Gone in Spanish Town, and a Canadian Man Steals De Hurricane Relief
Morning, Jamrock. Yard Report here on a Saturday morning, working through coffee and trying to reconcile the week’s news with the …
Miss Violet: I Shall Speak Plainly About De Reparations Figure, De Burning, De Children's Helpline, and What Is Expected of Us Now
Good morning to every soul reading this. I am Miss Violet. I have taught in the schools of Barbados for forty-one years. I retired from …
Bajan Bugle: Reparations Finally Have a Number, Canon Massiah Rests, De Burning Is Back, and De Children Is Calling De Helpline
Good morning from Bridgetown. Bajan Bugle here, looking at the week’s happenings with the raised eyebrow of someone who has seen this …
Auntie Cheryl: Pension Tax Gone! De Procurement Watchman Doing He Wuk! And Lord Forgive Me, But De SoE Working Too!
Oh Godddd it’s me Auntie Cheryl from Chaguanas coming to tell allyuh THE NEWS because I cannot hold it in another minute, my phone …
Trini Dispatch: The Procurement Regulator Got Up, the HDC Got Halted, Thirteen More Detentions, and the Finance Bill Brings a Gift
Good morning from Port of Spain. Trini Dispatch here, reporting from a country where, as of this week, we are forty-five days into a State …
Cousin Leroy: Yow, Dem Lock Up Jaii Frais? Wha' Gwaan Wid Dat! And Mi Nah Cosign Dem Find Oil in Yard
Yooooo wah gwaan fam it’s your cousin Leroy calling from the BX, 174th and Morris Avenue, shoutout to everybody at the spot on White …
Yard Report: The Vlogger, the Mayor-Chopper, the Oil We Shouldn't Want, and the Trench Town Birthday Party That Turned Into a Crime Scene
Morning, Jamrock. Yard Report here from Kingston, processing the week the only way I know how — slowly, with black coffee, and with the grim …