‘Gather money’ to clean Barbados
Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has suggested that some of the money spent on last week’s We Gatherin’ celebrations at Archer’s Bay, St Lucy, on...
Breaking with Muslim culture
Sakina Bakharia is a Muslim woman who dared to break with cultural traditions, engaging in social work and joining the fight against gender-based violence...
Blackman ‘a voice for the voiceless’
Walter Blackman never realised his boyhood dream of becoming Prime Minister of Barbados, but there could be little doubt of the profound impression he...
Close to $4m given to fisherfolk
Fisherfolk who suffered heavy losses as a result of Hurricane Beryl have so far received close to $4 million in ex gratia payments from...
Cases of gender violence ‘still too high’
Barbados and the region continue to be stained with high cases of gender-based violence, but the solution does not lie with Government alone.
Permanent Secretary...
Taylor proposes UWI hotel concept
Veteran Barbadian hotelier Ralph Taylor has floated the idea of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus, having a resort hotel...