Friday, May 3, 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....

SATURDAY’S CHILD: Elementary, my dears

“WHICH IS IT TO-DAY,” I asked, “morphine or cocaine?” He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. “It...

EDITORIAL: Anglican stopgap for same-sex divide

“THIS IS A PROBLEM we had to face head-on and we did.”By “we” the Most Reverend John Holder, Archbishop of the West Indies Province...

I CONFESS: Mother always knows best

SOMETIMES YOU MUST listen to your mother, for very often she knows what is best for you, even in a relationship. But when you...

RON IN COMMON: Preparing for water crisis

IT IS ONE THING TO HEAR of the hardships caused by no running water to actually experiencing them.No water to wash your face, no...

FLYING FISH & COU COU: Monarch’s call to duty

HE MAY BE a king of sorts in Barbados, but some in the land of wood and water are considering him nothing less than...

PUDDING & SOUSE: Payback time near

A MAN WHO HAS UNFAIRED many staff members over the years seems to be going through some trying times of late.The grey-haired City businessman,...