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THE Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, announced this month that the island will become a republic by November 30, 2021.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. By Ralph Jemmott On December 2022 frequent letter writer Cyprian La Touche penned a sentence that caught my attention. He stated: “I am struck by how stuck we are as a country and stubbornly refusing to actually, and once and for all, fix,

I listened to an interview given to I Witness News by Ronnia Durham -Balcombe after representing her client, Kenson King in Court on Monday last. Mrs Balcombe complained about her client having been kept in custody in excess of forty eight hours which she noted appeared to be a trend. But forty eight hours should really be the ultimate and her client should have been brought to Court within 24 …

#BTColumn – Sir Courtney Blackman on vision Article by May 6, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Ralph Jemmott The passing of Sir Courtney Blackman has left another void in the intellectual culture of Barbados. Over the last two decades we have lost a number of what some call, “engaged intellectuals.” These comprised persons such as Gladstone Holder, Richard Allsopp, Leonard St. Hill, Leonard Shorey, Oliver Jackman and Frances Chandler. They comprise...

The Shake Keane Story (Part 2) Social Share The Shake Keane Story provides not only narrative but analyses his poetry, and jazz, paying particular attention to the link between his poetry and jazz. The author describes the political context which Shake seemed to have underestimated or misunderstood. He left St. Vincent one year after Adult Suffrage and was unfamiliar with the development of party politics. His fate as director of culture was sealed because of his relationship with Son Mitchell. Shake knew Mitchell at the Grammar School but they seemed not to have been close frien...