Owning a piece of the rock and staking an authentic claim to this country has been the dream of most Barbadians. While the history of plantocracy on the island meant …
Editorial
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The back and forth, uncertainty and frustration that students, teachers, ancillary staff and parents have been experiencing due to the ongoing saga at Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School have to …
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It has become almost cliché to say that Barbados has very few resources apart from its human capital and the island’s natural beauty. Those two have been combined as critical …
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The National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) is back staging its first live showcase since 2019. The annual festival is now in its 49th year. Like Crop Over, the …
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The past few days were intriguing, to say the least. First, we heard that a Cabinet decision was made to replace Independence Day with Barbados National Day. After a huge …
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Some 48 hours after the announcement that Cabinet had immediately cancelled Independence Day and replaced it with Barbados National Day, one has to ask of Government: Was it worth it? …
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The renaming of our country’s historic day on November 30 from Independence Day to Barbados National Day ironically begs some questions: · What mirror image do we have of ourselves …
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The Constitutional Reform Commissioners have been given a significant task to come up with recommendations to improve and or expand our constitutional provisions which will align with the country’s new …
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Over the past week, we were told of two changes the Government is hoping will help significantly in fighting the current crime wave. Last weekend, during the Barbados Labour Party’s …
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The much vaunted United States of America (USA) democratic principles, hailed around the world as the gold standard, now appears to be dissipating right before our eyes. It is shocking …