The proposed amendment to the Electric Light and Power Act is a “major concern” of intervenor and attorney Tricia Watson. Calling in on Starcom Network’s radio programme Down To Brass Tacks yesterday after a caller raised the issue of the proposed amendment, Watson said the amendment is “ill-advised in relation to regulation of the sector and it also seeks to curtail public discourse or involvement on the issuing of licensing …
Some farmers are said to be worried about the prices they will be paid for their produce once the agricultural arrangement with Guyana and the proposed food terminal take root. Richard Armstrong of Armag Farms, who was a guest of Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday radio programme yesterday which focused on agriculture, said “so many” individuals and firms have been calling him expressing concerns over the issue. “[They’re] worried about …
David Ellis has resigned from his post as COVID-19 Public Advisor. He made the announcement on Starcom Network’s Down To Brass Tacks progamme on Monday. He was back in the chair as moderator, a job with which he would be very familiar, having worked with that company for several decades. At the time of his appointment, Ellis said it was not a political pick and he came in for criticism …
Popular entertainer Edwin Yearwood is imploring Barbadians not to stifle the creativity of young people.His comments come amid public criticism of the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) introduction of the Bashment Soca genre into the Junior Monarch competition. The decision sparked public debate over whether it was appropriate to have children perform bashment soca songs which are often accused of being lewd. There was only one entrant in the category and it eventually had to be scrapped.However, while a guest on Starcom Network’s Fireworks programme today, Yearwood defended the NCF’s move stressing that there is nothing wrong with young people expressing themselves in this genre.
There was only one child entering the controversial bashment category of the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition, the finalists of which were announced yesterday. While there was public outcry over whether children should be allowed to compete in a category that has attracted mainly coarse lyrics, it was in the other categories that the NCF had to sit with some entrants to ensure their lyrics were up …