Antigua and Barbuda election review 2026 Barbados Today07/05/20260114 views The dust has now settled on the 2026 Antigua and Barbuda election, which is the Caribbean’s second major electoral contest of the year which appears to have followed a similar… Read more
More may have voted in February than official turnout figure suggests – pollster Emmanuel Joseph02/04/20260114 views More than a quarter of a million Barbadians were registered to vote on February 11, yet barely four in ten cast a ballot — but even that figure may be… Read more
New EBC chair to mull election mission report Emmanuel Joseph26/03/20260130 views Business executive Debra Debbie Hughes has been appointed to chair Barbados’ Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) and has pledged to prioritise electoral reform when the board convenes for the first… Read more
DLP vows sweeping reset after 30–0 loss, Thorne exit Emmanuel Joseph04/03/20260371 views The beleaguered Democratic Labour Party (DLP), reeling from three consecutive 30–0 general election defeats, has announced sweeping reforms of its 71-year-old political organisation and policy platforms as part of a… Read more
Thorne resigns as DLP president Ricardo Roberts03/03/202601.6K views Ralph Thorne has resigned as President and Political Leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), the party confirmed today. His resignation follows the February 11 general election, in which… Read more
Anti-defection bill threatens MPs’ independence – Yearwood Barbados Today26/02/20260302 views UWI legal scholar Dr Ronnie Yearwood warned on Thursday that the proposed constitutional amendment to prevent MPs from defecting to the opposition is a “dangerous” move that gives leaders too… Read more
PCP warns of threat to democracy in proposed constitutional amendment Barbados Today26/02/2026060 views The People’s Coalition for Progress (PCP) has accused the government of attempting to erode parliamentary independence through the constitutional amendment passed by the House of Assembly, warning that the measure… Read more
Responsible governance key after landslide win, says clergyman Lourianne Graham22/02/20260326 views A church leader has urged the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) administration to practise good governance and responsible leadership as it begins another term following its clean sweep in the February… Read more
Why we must teach the next generation to vote Barbados Today22/02/2026094 views Election Day in Barbados always makes me pause. All citizens have a right – and a duty – to vote. For me, it is also deeply personal; voting “hits different.”… Read more
President’s Senate choices reshape political balance, spark debate on DLP strategy Shamar Blunt20/02/20260774 views President Jeffrey Bostic’s last-minute appointment of Karina Goodridge and Ryan Walters as opposition senators has upended political expectations in Barbados, political observers said Friday, suggesting that the decision was a… Read more