BLF Speaks: Thorne’s DLP and the Ugly Head of IP
|Guest Editorial| The last week of August 2024 found the Democratic Labour Party, one of the so-called established parties in Barbados, unravelling under the pressure of internal conflict. The ruling…
Arrogance Escalating in Government & Corporate Barbados
It is anybody’s guess whether the Prime Minister’s most recent initiative is going to make any dent into the behaviour of government departments towards Barbadian citizens. If the character of…
Barbados Teachers Legal Victory Has Deep Implications
The judgment of the Barbados High Court in favour of two teachers who were sanctioned for participating in political activity in a past election has implications beyond their case. In…
Barbados Snap Elections 2022: Time for Radical Change?
Not entirely unexpectedly, Mia Mottley has called a snap election slated for January 19, 2022 with nomination day set as January 03. Since we can walk, chew gum and THINK…
Sizing Up the New Republic of Barbados
The next time a government is sworn in Barbados we shall not hear these words which irritated some of us back in 2018: I,…….,do swear that I will be faithful…
Reply to Wickham and Humanists Barbados Part 1
VIEWS Thankfully, the commotion over the matter of republic status for Barbados will not last as long as the current health crisis. I am very sure of that. But for…