Friday, April 26, 2024

Commentary

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 sorry, “pop down”-looking Bridgetown which is in dire need  of 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....

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...

FAMILY FUSION: Looking at ugly characters

“Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.”  – Kevyn...

OUR CARIBBEAN: Race and politics in Guyana

IN THE MULTI-ETHNIC CARICOM nations of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, where citizens of East Indian and African descent constitute the dominant composition of...

Name changed but still poor service

EVERYONE I have spoken to has been upset by the LIME, Flow merger. They cannot understand why the merger was approved, leaving consumers without...

IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: Do your part and silence the guns

OVER THE YEARS I have had reason to criticise actions of the police force and/or individual officers – and if I have to in...

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH: What Barbados needs

WE'VE BEEN told that corruption continues to cause devastation worldwide and it’s those who have least who suffer most. More than one in four...

THE ‘NETTE EFFECT: Not poverty, just spending sense

IT appears that my recent declaration of no-spend August has been interpreted by some as a vow of poverty.That, to some, was a sure...