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The then Acting President, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson (standing) poses with Chairman of the Parliamentary Reform Commission, Sir Richard Cheltenha ...
Acting President, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson (seated left) and Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw (seated right) pose with the six Parliamentar ...
Barbados now has a commission in place, tasked with reviewing the processes and procedures of Parliament to make them more relevant to a modern society.On Monday, eight members of the Parliamentary Reform Commission were sworn in at State House by acting President The Very Reverend Dr Jeffrey Gibson.Former President of the Senate Sir Richard Cheltenham, King’s Counsel, heads the panel as chairman and his deputy is veteran trade unionist Sir Roy Trotman. The other members are Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson; noted cardiologist Dr Richard Ishmael; historian and attorney-at-law Professor Velma Ne...
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey and the attorneys-at-law from CBL Chambers have mended the fence and are agreeing to collaborate on the drafting of policies and legislation on the elderly.During a consultation on the National Policy on Ageing for Barbados 2023-2028 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC), Two Mile Hill, on Friday, Minister Humphrey said the parties met on Tuesday morning and engaged in a discussion which ended favourably.Humphrey invited attorneys Corey Beckles, Kaviar Callender and Executive Legal Assistant Anthony Hinds, to attend the sta...
There should be no fighting over the affairs of the elderly, former Minister of Social Transformation Hamilton Lashley has declared.Responding to the recent public exchange between Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey and CBL Chambers over the law firm’s draft legislation dealing with the protection of senior citizens, Lashley said the matter should not be dealt with in a “territorial” manner. However, he insisted, any such legislation should not be allowed to make it to Parliament if there has been no buy-in from all relevant stakeholders.Last Thursday, attorne...