Saturday, May 4, 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....

ALBERT BRANDFORD: Bring home the Constitution

PLANS ARE IN MOTION for Barbadians to observe the 50th anniversary of independence on November 30, 2016, with a series of exercises highlighted by...

TONI THORNE: Stop glorying poverty

HAVE YOU EVER ENGAGED in a conversation with someone who tried to “one-up” you on how poor you are?Conversations which start with statements such...

JEFF BROOMES: More focus on talents

IT IS AWLAYS HURTFUL to see anything that you have dedicated extreme time and effort in building suddenly being systematically dismantled. The recent poor...

NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE: Union rules to remember

FOR SOME TIME I have been inundated with queries from mostly public sector workers about their terms and conditions of service. However, it seems...

SHANTAL MUNRO-KNIGHT: Addressing the gun issue

I THINK WE ALL KNEW that there has been an increase in gun crimes in Barbados.Even when we take into consideration the statement by...

GET REAL: Reading between the lines

UNLESS YOU MOVE IN CERTAIN CIRCLES, there are things going on in Barbados you will not know. There is a lot the newspaper cannot...