Politics

New DLP general secretary aims to unify party

The Democratic Labour Party continues to hold out an olive branch to former members in an effort to get them to return to the fold. Following the church service Sunday...

Walters: My focus is on the Senate at this time

Senator Ryan Walters says he is as committed as ever to the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) despite again...

‘D’ big battle

The Democratic Labour Party gathers this weekend at its George Street, Belleville, St Michael headquarters for an annual...

DLP: Overhaul teen mental health care

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is calling for an urgent overhaul of child and adolescent mental health services...

Nicholls touts law’s value to national security

There is no need to fear that a law seeking to collect information on travellers will criminalise anyone. The...

Walters vows to stay active

Opposition Senator Ryan Walters has vowed to remain active in St Michael North West following his narrow defeat in the recent General Election, telling...

Legislation on ‘crossing the floor’ brought to Parliament

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley this morning introduced the country’s first anti-defection legislation. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026, is geared is at providing a specific...

DLP faces leadership dilemma

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is grappling with a political leadership puzzle after the swearing in of Senator Ryan Walters left him as the...

Arthur Holder is first independently elected Speaker of the House of Assembly

Former Member of Parliament for St Michael Central, Arthur Holder, is the first independently elected Speaker of the House of Assembly. He assumes the chair...

Walters, Goodridge sworn in as Opposition Senators

Ryan Walters and Karina Goodridge are the two Opposition Senators appointed on the discretion of the President of Barbados.  Walters returns to the Senate having...

DLP submission a ‘troubling misstep’

The process to appoint Opposition representatives to the Senate seems to have hit a snag after the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) submitted two nominees...