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Two prominent political scientists have taken different positions on the Government’s decision to establish a commission to review the structure and function of Parliament.While the current Head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Kristina Hinds has suggested the timing is not right, Dr George Belle, who previously served in that position at the university, said the commission was necessary...

Two prominent political scientists have taken different positions on the Government’s decision to establish a commission to review the structure and function of Parliament.While the current Head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Kristina Hinds has suggested the timing is not right, Dr George Belle, who previously served in that position at the university, said the commission was necessary...

A new commission has been created to review the current structure and function of Parliament, with a mandate to provide recommendations on how the governing body could be transformed to better suit the country’s needs.This announcement was made by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Dale Marshall during a post-Cabinet press briefing on Friday at Ilaro Court.Marshall told media personnel that the new Parliamentary Reform Commission (PRC) has the singular focus of examining Parliament...

Deposits are paid and it's time for nominations at the nomination centres today, January 3, 2022. There are 30 nomination centres spread across the island, one per constituency. With two parties merging ahead of the January 19, 2022, General El

Bishop Joseph Atherley, head of the People’s Party for Democracy and Development (PdP) announced a short while ago that the party will be joining forces with the United Progressive Party (UPP) to contest the January 19 General Elections. Atherley made the announcement during a press conference this morning. Lynette Eastmond headed the UPP prior to the parties teaming up. The united team will contest the election under the title Alliance …

At least three Government frontbenchers took issue with statements by Leader of the Opposition Bishop Joseph Atherley yesterday afternoon as Parliament debated a Resolution to take note of and approve the Charter of Barbados, 2021. During the first 90-minutes of his contribution in the House of Assembly, which came immediately after the Chamber resumed from lunch, the MP for St Michael West drew the ire of Prime Minister Mia Mottley, …

Article by Sheria Brathwaite Winston Clarke collecting signatures for the vaccine intimidation petition in the car park at Sky Mall. (FILE) Social Share The petition against vaccine intimidation was finally submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office. Yesterday social activist Winston Clarke told the Nation that the petition garnered 3 000 signatures from a wide cross section of people with varying religious beliefs, ethnic background, health concerns and from different social classes...

March 3, 2021 The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) could “disintegrate into oblivion” amid the resignation of several high-profile members, unless DLP leader Verla DePeiza steps down, a former parliamentarian Hamilton Lashley suggested Tuesday. With at least five members quitting the party so far this year, the general membership should now be asking DePeiza to give up the presidency, particularly since the next general elections could be called any day now, he suggested. The next po...

January 28, 2021 The two-week lockdown has not gone down well with a key spokesman of the private sector, despite the full backing of the trade union movement, the medical profession and the island’s key political players. While the business community has said it will adhere to the order for the country to halt all but essential business operations from Wednesday, Edward Clarke, the chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association is adamant that the action by the Mia Mottley adm...

January 19, 2021 It may serve the leadership of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) well to begin paying greater attention to Senator Caswell Franklyn’s Unity Workers’ Union (UWU). From our position in the public square, it appears that there is growing confidence in the fledgling UWU, and more specifically its leader, who has shown great tenacity and dogged commitment to the ideals of protecting the ordinary worker against exploitation by this island’s employers. We would never...