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Former Chief Education Officer Laurie King died at the age of 65 in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this morning after a brief illness. He served in the Ministry of Education for a number of years and was appointed education chief in 2012 under the Freundel Stuart administration. He acted in the position for two years prior to his appointment following the retirement of Dr Wendy Griffith Watson. “My dad was …
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been awarded the Order of Roraima by Guyanese President Dr Mohammed Irfaan Ali. The Oder of Roraima is Guyana’s second highest award and it is given to any citizen of Guyana for their outstanding service to
Opposition politics can be the best of times, but it can also be the worst of times for any political group seeking to unseat an incumbent.As we in Barbados have come to appreciate, opposition politicians can be most robust in their attacks on the party in office. They really have nothing to lose and all to gain. Their aim is to highlight as many faults as possible of the ruling administration and possibly give the electorate pause, to perhaps engage in buyers’ remorse.When Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley was Leader of the Opposition, her party kept the government led by the late David Thomp...
It is a good feeling for Barbadians to have this country’s credit rating receive a positive endorsement from FitchRatings, one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies. The affirmation is the kind of good news our economy requires at this time, even though the country is not out of the woods and it is still challenged on many fronts.Not long ago, ratings downgrades had become par for the course, with a former Prime Minister going so far as to suggest, Barbadians should not lose sleep over the downgrades.In November 2017, while addressing party faithful, PM Freundel Stuart dismissed th...
Hundreds of people including family, Christ Church East constituents, Cabinet members and former Members of Parliament (MP) paid their final respects to Dr Denis Lowe who was laid to rest on Saturday at the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens in Christ Church. The service began at 10 a.m. with a musical prelude from the Barbados Police Service Band that set the tone for the official homegoing service. Prime Minister Mia Amor …