The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) took its message of renewal and integrity to St Michael West on Sunday night, with party leader Ralph Thorne asking listeners to determine whether they wanted a Government that genuinely cares or “one that will treat you like the present Government”.
The party’s platform was mounted at President Kennedy Drive, St Michael, in support of candidate Damien Fanus.
Thorne said Fanus, a fellow attorney, was coming up against the might and power of money but he was not intimidated, having come through the now defunct Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme that gave him perspective through athletics. He stated that the educational system must become one that embraced the athletic and artistic.
While referencing the education reform journey of the 1960s under the DLP Government, Thorne argued that the party’s mission to “elevate people from the cane fields to places of dignity” remained incomplete, warning that “the crisis of 1961 has become the crisis of 2026”.
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