There is nothing wrong with the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE), says educator Jeff Broomes. The problem, he added, was how it was being used. The retired secondary school principal and consultant was one of the guests on Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday radio call-in programme yesterday discussing education reform. “They keep talking about this Class 4 exam but there is nothing wrong with a primary school exit exam. There are exams …
A veteran lawyer is submitting that it is not automatic for the Queen’s Counsel (QC) or King’s Counsel (KC) title to be switched to Senior Counsel for attorneys who carry the post-nominal letters. In fact, Anthony Audain, who has the royal designation, says his understanding from a meeting of Barbados Bar Association (BBA) members and the Attorney General was that “going forward”, Senior Counsel would be applied, but for those …
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Some farmers are said to be worried about the prices they will be paid for their produce once the agricultural arrangement with Guyana and the proposed food terminal take root. Richard Armstrong of Armag Farms, who was a guest of Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday radio programme yesterday which focused on agriculture, said “so many” individuals and firms have been calling him expressing concerns over the issue. “[They’re] worried about …
Parliament may soon have to relook the buggery laws following the decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that a man can be charged with raping another man. This is according to Pastor Corey Beckles, an attorney, who said lawmakers were now in an interesting position as gay rights advocates had been calling for the removal of the buggery laws for years. He featured in discussion on the issue …