Notes on the Drax Hall affair Aguinaldo Belgrave27/04/202402K views I am glad that the Barbados government quickly reconsidered the original plan to purchase part of Drax Hall (for £3 million) after a tremendous public outcry against the original plan.… Read more
Sutherland, don’t be an accessory to a crime against humanity Barbados Today24/04/202402K views Dwight G Sutherland, MP, Minister of Housing, was quoted in the British Guardian newspaper on April 20 stating that the proposed payment of millions of dollars of Barbadian taxpayers’ money… Read more
No justification for Drax payment Barbados Today24/04/202401.6K views As an ardent supporter of reparatory justice and self-repair for over three decades, and one who has a fairly intimate relationship with the national, regional and international call for reparatory… Read more
DLP has no confidence in itself Barbados Today24/04/202401.7K views Not for the first time, nor I dare say the last, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has nailed its political colours firmly to internal divisions and party partisanship. A recent… Read more
Crossing the floor – a poisoned chalice? Barbados Today23/04/202401.5K views I‘ve been reflecting on this for a few weeks now and wrestling with my thoughts, trying to make sense of what is unfolding. We all love our country, right? And… Read more
Drax Hall: Acquisition or reparation? Barbados Today23/04/202401.7K views A simple definition of reparation(s) is the making of amends for wrong or injury done. British newspaper The Guardian recently published a report that the Barbados government plans to pay… Read more
A UK motorcycle trainer on our motorcycle menace Barbados Today19/04/202401.4K views I’ve been travelling back and forth to Barbados since 2016 and usually enjoy it. But, for a variety of reasons, I have to say, that enjoyment has been severely dampened.… Read more
‘Pop-down’ telecoms wires Barbados Today06/04/202402.2K views The utility companies, Flow and Digicel, must be called to account and made to clean up the mess of wires and contraptions that now hang from almost every wire and… Read more
Is justice really served? Barbados Today05/04/202401.3K views Despite its shortcomings, I have a very healthy respect for the judicial system in Barbados but there are some things about it which I find difficult to understand, far less… Read more
Open letter to Agriculture Minister on monkey culling Barbados Today04/04/202401.7K views We, the below animal welfare/animal rights organisations, note with dismay the recent announcement that hunters’ bounties on green monkeys have been increased from $15 to $25 in a bid to… Read more