Thursday, April 16, 2026

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...

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....

CTUSAB: Remain committed to a united labour front

New Year’s message by Dennis De Peiza, general secretary of CTUSAB “As the new year 2021 commences, the Congress...

IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: Cabinet of comedians

WHILE ON MY WAY to work on Monday morning I heard a news report on the high probability of a comedian in Guatemala being...

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH: Who owns Barbados?

THIS WEEK I’M BACK to the seminar I attended on Participatory Governance And Fiscal Policy Dialogue – part of a project responding to the...

EDITORIAL: Help teachers improve STEM skills

SIR HILARY BECKLES, vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies, has made a rather bold statement about the way some of our...

Correcting Husbands’ statement

MR AUSTIN HUSBANDS on the Brass Tacks radio programme over the weekend (Friday, October 23 and Sunday, October 25) repeated inaccuracies first attributed to...

THE ‘NETTE EFFECT: Roads too much for Betsy

I HAVE sworn never to drive through St Joseph again.And for sure not with a bunch of don’t-know-my-way-around-any-place teenagers taking directions from an I-don’t-know-my-own-backyard,...

DEAR CHRISTINE: Woman no good for my brother

Dear Christine:I HAVE a brother who is now 81 years old. He introduced me to a woman about 20 years ago. This woman had...