Public march over the sale of national lands

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne (left) with march organiser Marcia Weekes. (GP)

Scores of Barbadians are protesting the sale of national land and what is described as the giving way of the country’s heritage.

The Love March, organised by Marcia Weekes, began at Folkestone and ends at the Holetown Civic Centre.

The centre is being relocated to make way for a 100-room hotel valued at US$88 million.

There has also been public criticism of the landmark agreement between the government and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) after news emerged that the bank was given 2.037 hectares of prime state-owned land at the corner of Bay Street and Jemmott’s Lane for free.

Members of the Democratic Labour Party, including Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne and Senator Andre Worrell, are among those who joined the march.

Senator Worrell said the DLP is “opposed to the manner in which the government has been selling our property without any discussion with the people”. (BT)