caribbeansignal.com
83 FOLLOWERS
The Caribbean region consists of several countries with a combined population of over 15 million persons and a GDP of over $50Bn USD. As a foreign investor, visitor, or regional national, if what's happening in the Caribbean is important to you, then caribbeansignal.com is one of the leading sources of information on Barbados and the Caribbean.
caribbeansignal.com
2w ago
The last (and first time) I looked at the price for Chefette’s popular Wing Dings special, it was back in October 2022. Passing through El Chef this week, I noticed The Wings were back on the menu. So, now is as good a time as any to update my price data. Prices are VAT inclusive ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
3M ago
There have been at least nineteen murders in Barbados for 2023. January to December 2022 data and analysis can be found here. My analysis is based on media reports only. The steps involved in the following analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis. Note to Table 1: Data was obtained from reports in the Media and keyed into ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
6M ago
It’s been almost a year since I started using ChatGPT. During this time, I’ve had dozens upon dozens of conversations that have covered a wide range of topics. Many, if not all of these conversations, have always left me pleasantly surprised in terms of its human-like comprehension, understanding and responses (even when my grammar and ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
7M ago
One of the hot topics in Barbados, both in the press, online and offline, has to do with The Barbados Light & Power Company Limited. The BL&P Co. Ltd. is the sole provider of electricity in Barbados and a subsidiary of Emera, a Canadian electrical utility company. Emera also has interests in St. Lucia (LUCELEC ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
10M ago
Two pieces of news caught my eye recently. The first was Cable & Wireless Communications (trading as Flow in Barbados) partnering with the Government of Barbados to provide 1,000 low-income families with access to high speed Internet. The second was the release of the Broadband Affordability Index by Broadband Genie (a UK entity). The latter ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
11M ago
There have been at least six murders in Barbados for the year so far (i.e., January to March 2023). During March 2023, there was at least one murder reported. During the same month last year, there was at least four murders. January to December 2022 data and analysis can be found here. My analysis is based ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
11M ago
There have been at least 5 murders in Barbados for the month of February (2023). During the same month last year, there was 1 murder reported. January to December 2022 data and analysis can be found here. My analysis is based on media reports only. The steps involved in the following analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
1y ago
There have been at least 3 murders in Barbados for the month of January (2023). During the same month last year, there were no murders reported. January to December 2022 data and analysis can be found here. My analysis is based solely on media reports. The steps involved in the following analysis are similar to ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
1y ago
What started off as an attempt to find a free online source to stream Season 3 of Deep Space 9 led me to a price comparison of Netflix plans across the Caribbean. Join me, as I explore, question and discover! As I boldly go where no Man has gone before! (see what I did there ..read more
caribbeansignal.com
1y ago
According to the Barbados Government and local news entities, after several years of waiting, taxi operators in Barbados have been granted a fare increase (see here, here and here). In this post, I start with Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) as the departure point, and compare it to several destinations. Due to the way the ..read more