Barbadians reflect on life of pioneering women’s rights advocate Barbados Today13/09/202401.1K views Family, friends, and former colleagues gathered on Thursday to pay respects to trailblazing politician and women’s rights advocate Dame Maizie Barker-Welch who died on August 28 at the age of… Read more
Official funeral for Dame Maizie Barker-Welch Barbados Today07/09/202401.8K views Renowned women’s rights advocate and former parliamentarian Dame Maizie Barker-Welch is to be accorded an official funeral, the government has announced. The service will take place next Friday. Dame… Read more
NUPW mourns Joe Goddard Emmanuel Joseph06/09/202401.6K views The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), grappling with the loss of two successive general secretaries, on Thursday paid tribute to former leader Joseph Goddard who died just weeks after… Read more
Former NUPW leader Joe Goddard dies weeks after successor Clarke Emmanuel Joseph05/09/202401.9K views Former General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and Barbados’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Joseph Goddard, has died, just weeks after the passing of his… Read more
Premier Diplomat, Caribbean statesman Barbados Today04/09/202401K views Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal, born on October 3, 1928, died on August 30, 2024, was one of the most distinguished persons to have come from our Caribbean. He was born… Read more
PJ Patterson describes Sir Shridath Ramphal as ‘true titan of Caribbean diplomacy’ Barbados Today31/08/202401.1K views Former Jamaican prime minister and head of the Patterson Institute of Advocacy for the Caribbean and Africa, PJ Patterson is expressing sadness at the loss of Sir Shridath “Sonny” Ramphal,… Read more
Statement from The UWI vice-chancellor on the passing of Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal Barbados Today31/08/202401.1K views Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles responded to news of Sir Shridath “Sonny” Ramphal’s passing. Sir Hilary expressed his condolences on behalf of the… Read more
Statement from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on the passing of Sir Shridath Ramphal Barbados Today30/08/202401.2K views If ever there was one who walked among us who truly deserved the title of Caribbean Man, it was Sir Shridath Ramphal. At the same time, if ever we needed… Read more
Woman of Substance Barbados Today30/08/20240947 views Dame Maizie was previously the chairperson of the Royal Commonwealth Society (Barbados) branch. Additionally, she served as a council member of the society. Later, on stepping down from the RCS… Read more
Champion of women’s rights Barbados Today30/08/20240760 views Dame Maizie Barker-Welch was a champion of women’s rights. Her innate gifts of empathy, intelligence, and creativity, coupled with hard work and determination helped her to lay the foundation… Read more