Tuesday, May 7, 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....

SHANTAL MUNRO-KNIGHT: There is a need for greater corporate social responsibility

I was extremely pleased to hear that the corporate sector had joined with the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD) to provide an “empowerment...

JEFF BROOMES: Lessons from the BCL

I HAVE lived a life with a focus that when things are going badly, the best approach is to get back to basics and...

TONI THORNE: The millennial woman

THE millennial woman has been described as motivated, educated, self-starting and can tend to be more aggressive and impatient than her baby-booming mother.Her idea...

NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE: Current jobs market a nightmare for workers

THE HARSH ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT that has engulfed this country has created a situation where the available jobs are far outstripped by the number of...

PETER WICKHAM: I feel your pain

Yet again the teachers of this country are embattled and yet again I feel constrained to categorically state my unwavering support for them as...

ALBERT BRANDFORD: Referendum first

WHENEVER Prime Minister Freundel Stuart decides to make his move on taking Barbados to republican status, he must, if only as a matter of...