The oil company Shell has agreed to pay nearly $60 million in compensation to communities in the Niger Delta affected by multiple oil spills over the years. The compensation is as a result of a case brought in a Dutch court by four Nigerian farmers who said they lost money because of contaminated lands and waterways.
Some concerns were aired at the latest meeting of the Joint Select Committee examining the Child Protection Bill in Barbados.
Across the world, there is some concern about what is happening at Twitter.
The Caribbean Policy development centre is a Barbados-based non-governmental organisation. It gives a voice to people in the region, on socioeconomic topics.