Delivering consistently good customer service, across the board, has for a long time has been one of the greatest and contentious challenges on Barbados. And even if locals have been conditioned to accepting the many failings, our visitors are starting to rebel, contending whether increasingly high prices, are indeed offering actual value-for-money or justifying the prices charged. While running a
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Sometimes Jesus taught His disciples, by contrasting His commandments with those taught by Moses. Hear Jesus. “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matthew 5:27-28) Jesus set
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The Donville Inniss trial in the USA suffocated the local newsfeed in recent days and prevented the blogmaster – absent the noise – from sharing thoughts about other matters. Now that we have touchdown in the Inniss matter with the predictable verdict being returned, it is time. Two images were posted in the Nation newspaper on the 12th and 18th
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The blogmaster thanks Tee White for sharing the Paper used to complete this blog – David, blogmaster In recent weeks two matters have unfolded in the Barbados courts to support the view that the time has come (past) for citizens of Barbados to sensibly discuss crime and the criminal justice. Although Barbadians have been labelled an educated people this is
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It seems that one of the easiest things to do in Barbados is to order the demolition of important buildings. This is because we are not strict guardians of our heritage – we are not even loose guardians. Our level of guardianship is like that of a renter, who has no property to pass on. Paying tax on land already
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This week, I would like to follow on from my tourism wish list for this year, but by putting suggestions on how we can make a meaningful difference to the industry locally. Whatever we do collectively to increase airlift into Barbados, unless the average annual room occupancy for our hotels, villas and other accommodation options can be dramatically improved, we
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Sometimes we may be tempted to think that God is very far from us, and is disinterested in our concerns. That is what satan wants us to believe, so that we can get discouraged and do something reckless. Jesus frequently taught that God cares about us, by comparing us with other things. Hear Jesus. “Look at the birds of the
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