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The Mia Amor Mottley administration is being accused of “effectively calling” for another external debt restructuring, five years after the country went through a similar exercise with foreign and domestic creditors. The charge has come from president of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Dr Ronnie Yearwood, as he made reference to concerns raised by Prime Minister Mottley over the sharp increase in interest costs, of about $150 million, on Barbados’ …
In the absence of buffers and with less access to financing than bigger countries, the Barbados Government has very little option other than to borrow money to keep its economy afloat.So says Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Board for Undergraduate Studies of The University of the West Indies, Professor Justin Robinson, who added that access to financing was critical considering Barbados’ extreme vulnerability to external shocks and the length of time it takes the country to rebound from them.He made the comments on Friday afternoon while delivering the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Astor B Watts ...
The controversial “pre-test” questionnaire was a breach in parental rights by the State. That was the assessment of Felicia Dujon speaking during a lunchtime lecture hosted at the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) headquarters in George Street, Belleville on Friday. This lunchtime lecture came days after Minister of Education Kay McConney, flanked by Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Bradshaw held a press conference at the Ministry’s Constitution Road Headquarters in Bridgetown …
Do not be deterred!That is the plea from human rights advocate Felicia Dujon to parents of the students who she said were illegally made to do a Computer Science pre-test that contained inappropriate and intrusive questions.She has been vocal in her call for parents to seek legal action against the Government for its role in facilitating the survey that was administered by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and quizzed students about their sexuality and gender identity, among other things.And ten days after the matter was brought to light by Barbados TODAY, Dujon has urged Barbadians no...
A veteran educator says there is evidence some of the 11-year-olds who took a controversial Computer Science pre-test last week were left traumatised.Sandie Field-Kellman, who has been teaching for over 28 years, revealed that several of the students she teaches privately had shown signs of being adversely affected by questions in the pre-test, which was an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-administered survey.“Those children need to be shown some kind of balance to this situation that took place,” Field-Kellman told Barbados TODAY after making the disclosure on Friday.Parents and memb...