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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's tour of the Caribbean has been overshadowed by protests about the legacy of the British Empire and slavery. Pictured: The couple in Jamaica yesterday.
Members of Parliament, headed by acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw, turned out yesterday to say farewell to Dr Don Blackman, the former educator, politician and parliamentarian who was described as “perhaps the greatest leader that Barbados never had”. Former Prime Ministers Sir Lloyd Sandiford and Freundel Stuart were at the official funeral at the chapel of Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens, where eulogist Dr Aubrey Armstrong regaled the congregation with stories …
Last month, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s BLP party repeated its unprecedented sweep of all 30 parliamentary seats in the 2018 election that brought Mottley to power. The public will be keeping a close eye to see if Mottley follows through on the many proposals laid out in the BLP’s campaign manifesto.
“Put pride aside and take the Prime Minister’s offer of the two Senate seats.” This admonition to the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) comes from one of its former member of Parliament and advisors, Hamilton Lashley, who said the party need not complicate the issue with the legal nuances but should instead concentrate on the preservation of democracy. This was in stark contrast to the advice of DLP stalwart Robert “Bobby” …
Rejecting the accusations of bullying and despotism that were levelled at Mia Mottley, the overwhelming majority of the electorate of Barbados returned her and…