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One Caribbean Nation. Friendship : Find your Zayn By William Skinner Anybody past sixty years old, will probably say that it is too late to make new friends. Paranoia steps in and the trust factor becomes real ; some people delight in having no friends at all , especially if they had a few bad ones very early in life. However it is generally accepted that real friends , become family and we happily introduce them as : a brother or sister from another father or mother ! Friendships such as these normally go way back to elementary or high school. They continue even with   long breaks, such as moving to another country.  These  friendships are indeed very special and they often survive serious differences. Friendships like these become almost a spiritual journey. And they should be treasured because they are quite rare. Those who are barely surviving the new technological age, are reluctantly, and   in some cases, are refusing to admit, that the cell phones and ...

One Caribbean Nation. When children are this afraid, we must listen. Today’s Editorial : Barbados Today, Wednesday, 16th April 2025 There is perhaps no more sobering reality check than hearing the raw fear of a child. The words of a student living in The Ivy, St Michael—in the neighbourhood where 21-year-old Omari Jordan was gunned down in broad daylight on Monday—are not just heartbreaking; they are a siren call. "I had to close up all the windows and everything because I don't feel safe anymore in Barbados. I know there are places that have a lot of crimes, but I don't feel safe no more," the secondary school student told Barbados TODAY when a team visited the community a day after the fatal shooting. "I pray each and every single day because I just pray to the Lord to get me to school safely and get me back safely.... I would really like to leave, like just pack up and move away if an opportunity can come to me." These are not the anxious musings of a w...