Monday, May 6, 2024

Commentary

UB40 rolls back years

Ali Campbell’s still got it. The legendary lead singer of reggae band UB40 has been on stage for more than 45 years, and Sunday night he showed he hasn’t lost...

Let’s clean up for World Cup

LAST WEEK I spoke about the sad look of Fontabelle, St Michael. The week before that,  I highlighted a...

Boyce joins sub-45 club to qualify for Worlds

Barbadian DeSean Boyce may have booked his ticket to Budapest, Hungary, for the 2023 World Athletics Championship. Boyce, 21,...

Atherley: Continue to seek new levels of achievement

Message by Leader of the Opposition Bishop Joseph J.S. Atherley on the occasion of Barbados’ 55th anniversary of Independence Fellow Barbadians,...

Atherley: Let’s work together

Following is an edited version of the New Year's Message by Leader Of The Opposition, Bishop Joseph J....

OUR CARIBBEAN: Waiting for Caricom’s nod

WHEN CARIBBEAN Community Heads of Government meet with President Raul Castro in Havana for the Fifth CARICOM/Cuba Summit on December 8, one outstanding non-agenda...

When expiry is dismissal

I continue to receive queries concerning fixed term contracts and the Employment Rights Act, 2012.The Barbados legislation, unlike other unfair dismissal laws within the...

FAMILY FUSION: The adultery sniper

“The only reason I don’t want to commit adultery is because I love my wife and I love my Lord.” – Joseph PrinceI enjoy...

Stop paying lip service to pollution

For eons now, both the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) have been promising to put anti-air pollution and anti-noise...

IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: The wonders of a vacation at home . . .

Oh there’s no place like home for the holiday . . . .And I am not talking about Christmas, but rather the opportunity to...

Break cycle of poor governance

THE RECENT DISCLOSURES of gross inefficiencies at Caves of Barbados Limited, a Government-owned company, cannot be described as anything other than disquieting. Even to...