Pedro Greaves is ready to bring back a focus on sports and community engagement.
As part of that, the first-time Democratic Labour Party candidate for St James South hosted a fun day for the community yesterday at the Melbourne Playing Field, St James.
“Today, here at Melbourne Club, we partnered with the Haynesville Football Club and the Family Connections Charity. We are having a fun day. We’re going to have a kids zone, jumping tents, cricket – the Pedro Greaves 11 versus the Celebrity 11 – and we also have karaoke later on. Everyone from the surrounding areas is here, and we’re hoping to have a very good time,” he said.
Children’s party
Greaves said his event was but one of the many events the DLP was holding for Errol Barrow Day, such as a wreath laying ceremony in The Garden, Checker Hall, St Lucy; candidate for St Michael North West, Ryan Walters, opening his constituency office; a community cricket match in St John and a children’s party by candidate for St Andrew Ramon Goodman.
Greaves said he was a member of multiple committees and boards and recognised many suggestions were either ignored or warped, so he wanted to take a step towards making a real difference in society by becoming a Member of Parliament.
“I think that the switch to politics was pretty much very easy. I’ve been doing community work for over 20 years. I’ve been involved in the Parish Independence Committee. I’ve worked with the Ministry of Sports and Development with the St Thomas Cricket Competition, and I was involved in BCA (Barbados Cricket Association) cricket, which is the sports administration, organising parish cricket and organising BCA games.
“These things are all, in a sense, political. You have to make decisions, you have to meet the ministers, you have to engage in communities, and it’s a natural switch, in terms of what I’ve been doing at the community level, to the national level, the country level,” he said.
At the national level, Greaves said the cost of living was too high and VAT needed to be reduced, while at the constituency level, he said there was a need for better signage for roads and lighting. (CA)
