The conversation is worth recalling in the context of the third announcement by a Government of Barbados that by November 2021, it intends that Barbados should be a Republic, shedding monarchical status and Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State. The conversation between Lester and Fidel,...
Barbados will remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state by the time it celebrates its 55th anniversary of independence on November 30, 2021. The announcement was made by Governor-General, Dame Sandra Mason earlier today. “The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind. Barbadians...
Karen scrolls through her cell phone as she lays on her bed beside her husband, Shawn. She flashes the news team a welcoming smile before inviting us into her ‘bedroom’. It is not the typical living space. Karen have been living under the bridge in...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have taken a major step towards resuscitating the COVID-19 challenged travel and tourism sectors, with agreement to institute a travel bubble among member and associated members states, according to a statement issued by the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat. It said that the regional...
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith yesterday called on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to retract his statements regarding the Bayside Towers incident, saying it was all about race and colour. In an interview with journalist Dominic Kalipersad on i95.5 FM, Griffith was asked, based on his statements,...