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Corey Lane announced today that he would be leaving the Down To Brasstacks Programme. Lane said that a nomination is on the horizon and although all of the ink has not dried, he believed that he should step away at this time in order to maintain the integrity of the programme. Layne traced his journey at Starcom Network and expressed gratitude to former station manager David Ellis and the team …
Less than two weeks into the decision by public health authorities to green light widespread home isolation in Barbados, Barbadians are still trying to escape the facilities in an attempt to do basic chores like going to the supermarket. This behaviour, says head of the COVID Monitoring Unit, Ronald Chapman, is putting he and his team under pressure. He made the comments while a guest on Starcom Network’s radio call-in …
People with disabilities are mourning the loss of longtime advocate Rose Ann Foster-Vaughan who passed away yesterday. She spent almost 30 years speaking up on behalf of her community and often made contributions on Starcom Network’s Down To Brass Tacks. Foster-Vaughan was born with cerebral palsy, but it was no deterrent to how she lived. “Before I came into the movement I did not fully understand what people with disabilities …
Two musical stalwarts are calling on their counterparts to rethink how they sell themselves to an audience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cultural ambassador Stedson Red Plastic Bag Wiltshire said there was no magic bullet, and artistes would not be able to flip a switch when COVID-19 is over. “I think what COVID-19 has taught us is that we have been putting too much of our music in …
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Maintenance is working on three bridges in Barbados. Minister Ian Gooding-Edghill said they were located at Date Tree Hill, St Peter; Bruce Vale, St Andrew and Baird’s Village in St George. Speaking on Starcom Network’s Down To Brass Tacks on Wednesday, Gooding-Edghill said the crew ruptured an old cast iron main at Date Tree Hill that cut off the water supply to districts in …